蠱 → 泰
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).
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 6
上九 不事王侯。高尚其事。
Nine at the top means: He does not serve kings and princes, Sets himself higher goals.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
玄黃四塞，陰雌伏謀；呼我墻屋，為巫所識。
Dark and murky on all four sides; the yin female plots in secret. Calling at my walls and roof -- discovered by the shaman.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath the mountain conceals dark schemes, and the transformation leads unexpectedly to heaven and earth in communion — the Peace of Tai. Dark and yellow vapors seal off the four directions as the yin-feminine plots in secret. Voices cry out from within the walls as a sorcerer marks the house. The imagery is of occult intrusion: malign influence penetrating domestic space, spiritual pollution demanding exorcism. Yet the destination is Peace, where heaven descends and earth rises to meet it. From Work on the Decayed to Peace, even bewitchment can be overcome when cosmic forces realign. The sorcerer's identification of the curse is itself the first step toward restoration — naming the corruption breaks its hold.
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