蠱 → 臨
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 19: Approach
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 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 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 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
則天順時，周流其墟；與樂並居，元有咎憂。
Following heaven, according with the seasons, traveling through the land; dwelling together with joy, free of blame or worry.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath the mountain follows the mandate of heaven, and the transformation opens into earth above the lake — the gracious Approach of those in authority. Acting in accord with heaven and following the seasons, one circulates freely through the land. Dwelling alongside joy, there is no fault or worry. The verse describes harmonious governance: aligning with cosmic timing, traveling the realm to observe and nourish. From Work on the Decayed to Approach, the cure for corruption is benevolent oversight. Earth rising above the lake represents authority descending to meet the people — the ruler who approaches with teaching and care, whose boundless generosity restores what neglect had spoiled.
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