蠱 → 同人
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 13: Fellowship
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 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 2
九二 幹母之蠱。不可貞。
Nine in the second place means: Setting right what has been spoiled by the mother. One must not be too persevering.
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
伯氏殺羊，行悖天時；亳社夷燒，朝歌丘墟。
The elder brother slaughtered the sheep, acting against heaven timing. The Bo shrine was burnt and razed; Zhaoge became a ruin.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath the mountain breeds ritual violations, and the transformation ascends to heaven joined with fire — the Fellowship of kindred spirits. 'The elder kills sheep against heaven's timing' — sacrificial animals slaughtered out of season violate the cosmic order. The Bo shrine is razed and burned; Zhaoge becomes a ruin. The Bo shrine (亳社) was the ancestral altar of the Shang dynasty; Zhaoge was its last capital where King Zhou of Shang met his end. The verse traces dynastic collapse from ritual transgression to military destruction. From Work on the Decayed to Fellowship, the message turns hopeful: after the old corrupt order burns away, genuine fellowship can form. Fire rising to heaven illuminates who truly belongs together.
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