隨 → 晉
Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 35: Progress
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).
Line 1
初九 官有渝。貞吉。出門交有功。
Nine at the beginning means: The standard is changing. Perseverance brings good fortune. To go out of the door in company Produces deeds.
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
負金懷玉，南歸嘉國；蜂蠆不螫，利入我室。
Bearing gold, carrying jade, returning south to a fine land; wasps and scorpions do not sting -- profit enters my house.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder rests within the lake, and the traveler carries gold on his back and jade against his breast, heading south toward a blessed homeland. Wasps and scorpions do not sting; profit enters the household unimpeded. The verse is a traveler's auspice of safe return with treasure — the road is free of venomous hazards, and wealth flows home. Southward movement is auspicious, associated with warmth and the fire trigram. From Following to Progress, fire emerges above the earth at dawn, the sun climbing the horizon. The safe journey southward mirrors Jin's dynamic of ascending illumination: following the proper direction with valuable cargo, one advances into the light without obstruction.
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