隨 → 賁
Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 22: Grace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 3
六三 係丈夫。失小子。隨有求得。利居貞。
Six in the third place means: If one clings to the strong man, One loses the little boy. Through following one finds what one seeks. It furthers one to remain persevering.
Line 4
九四 隨有獲。貞凶。有孚在道以明。何咎。
Nine in the fourth place means: Following creates success. Perseverance brings misfortune. To go one's way with sincerity brings clarity. How could there be blame in this?
Line 5
九五 孚于嘉。吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: Sincere in the good. Good fortune.
Line 6
上六 拘係之。乃從維之。王用亨于西山。
Six at the top means: He meets with firm allegiance And is still further bound. The king introduces him To the Western Mountain.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
大姒夏禹，經啟九道；各有攸家，民得安所。
Great Si and the Xia Yu opened up the nine roads; each had their own domain, and the people found their place.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder rests within the lake, and the verse invokes two great civilizers. Da Si — the consort of King Wen, mother of King Wu and the Duke of Zhou — and the great Yu who tamed the floods together represent the twin pillars of order: domestic virtue and the mastery of the landscape. Yu 'opened the nine routes,' carving channels for the waters so that each people might settle in their own domain. From Following to Grace, the transformation moves from raw following to cultivated beauty — the fire beneath the mountain that illuminates without consuming. Yu's engineering and Da Si's household governance both embody Bi's principle: adornment that serves structure, beauty rooted in function.
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