豫 → 節
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 60: Limitation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
Line 1
初六 鳴豫。凶。
Six at the beginning means: Enthusiasm that expresses itself Brings misfortune.
Line 2
六二 介于石。不終日。貞吉。
Six in the second place means: Firm as a rock. Not a whole day. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 4
九四 由豫。大有得。勿疑。朋盍簪。
Nine in the fourth place means: The source of enthusiasm. He achieves great things. Doubt not. You gather friends around you As a hair clasp gathers the hair.
Line 5
六五 貞疾。恆不死。
Six in the fifth place means: Persistently ill, and still does not die.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
景星照堂，麟鳳遊翔；仁施大行，頌聲以興。
The auspicious star illuminates the hall; qilin and phoenix roam in flight. Benevolence is widely practiced; hymns of praise resound.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder erupts from the earth in its most auspicious form. The Auspicious Star illuminates the hall; the qilin and phoenix roam and soar together. Benevolent governance spreads across the land, and hymns of praise arise in every quarter. The Auspicious Star appears only under sage rulers, while the qilin and phoenix are the supreme terrestrial and aerial omens of cosmic harmony. When all three converge, the age is golden beyond question. From Enthusiasm to Limitation, the transformation reveals why such perfection endures: water atop the lake establishes proper measure. The sage-king's enthusiasm is not unbounded revelry but joy shaped by appropriate limits — music with structure, generosity with proportion, celebration within ritual bounds.
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