蠱 → 隨
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 17: Following
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 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 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 3
九三 幹父之蠱。小有悔。无大咎。
Nine in the third place means: Setting right what has been spoiled by the father. There will be a little remorse. No great blame.
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.
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
舉趾振翼，南至嘉國；見我伯姊，與惠相得。
Lifting feet and spreading wings, flying south to a fine land; there I find my eldest sister, and we share kindness and contentment.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath the mountain lifts its wings, and the transformation glides into the lake harboring thunder — the willing submission of Following. Raising feet and spreading wings, one flies south to a blessed land. There one meets an elder sister, and together they share kindness and mutual regard. The bird-flight imagery suggests joyful migration rather than desperate exile — a voluntary departure toward better circumstances. From Work on the Decayed to Following, the corrupted situation is left behind through willing movement. Thunder resting within the lake represents the acceptance of natural rhythms: as day follows night, one follows the season and finds companionship in a gentler country.
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