隨 → 大畜
Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 26: Great Taming
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
六二 係小子。失丈夫。
Six in the second place means: If one clings to the little boy, One loses the strong man.
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
伯仲叔季，日暮寢寐；坐臥失明，喪其貝囊。
Eldest, second, third, and fourth -- at dusk they lie down to sleep. Sitting and reclining, they lose their sight; they lose their purse of coins.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder rests within the lake, and four brothers — eldest, second, third, youngest — settle into evening sleep as the sun goes down. Sitting and lying in darkness, they lose their sight and their purse of cowries is stolen. The verse depicts a household drifting into negligent slumber: the orderly succession of brothers (bo, zhong, shu, ji) suggests a structured family, yet all fall asleep together and awaken to find their valuables gone. From Following to Great Taming, the irony cuts deep — Da Xu stores heaven within the mountain, accumulating wisdom and strength. Yet this family's store is plundered precisely because they followed the wrong impulse: the ease of sleep rather than the vigilance that true accumulation demands.
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