蠱 → 乾
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 1: The Creative
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).
Line 1
初六 幹父之蠱。有子。考无咎。厲終吉。
Six in the beginning means: Setting right what has been spoiled by the father. If there is a son, No blame rests upon the departed father. Danger. In the end good fortune.
Line 4
六四 裕父之蠱。往見吝。
Six in the fourth place means: Tolerating what has been spoiled by the father. In continuing one sees humiliation.
Line 5
六五 幹父之蠱。用譽。
Six in the fifth place means: Setting right what has been spoiled by the father. One meets with praise.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
首澤與目，載受福慶；我有好爵，與汝相迎。
Head anointed and eyes bright, one receives blessings and good fortune. I have a fine wine cup, and with it I welcome you.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath the mountain stirs decay, but here the transformation rises toward pure creative heaven. The verse opens with lustral blessing — head and eyes washed in beneficent dew — receiving fortune and celebration. 'I have a fine goblet and raise it to greet you' echoes the language of ritual communion from the Shijing. The tone is one of renewal through purification: what was spoiled is cleansed, and the celebrant steps forward to share bounty. From Work on the Decayed to the Creative, the pattern is unmistakable: corruption addressed at its root releases self-generating energy. The mountain's trapped wind, once stagnant, finds open sky and becomes the tireless motion of heaven itself.
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