隨 → 姤
Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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 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
依踞甲鎧，敝筐受貝。大人不顧，少婦不取，棄捐於道。
Leaning on armor and breastplate, a worn basket receives cowrie shells. The great man does not look; the young wife will not take it -- abandoned on the road.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder rests within the lake, and a figure leans against armor and battle-gear while a tattered basket holds cowrie shells. Yet neither the great man nor the young woman takes any notice — the treasure and the equipment are abandoned on the road. The verse paints a scene of valuables discarded: armor that once protected, currency that once bought loyalty, all cast aside and ignored. What should be followed — strength and wealth — finds no one willing to claim it. From Following to Coming to Meet, heaven's wind sweeps below in Gou, the unexpected encounter. Yet here the meeting is one of indifference: the encounter with abandoned value produces no uptake, and opportunity lies forsaken in the dust.
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