蠱 → 兌
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 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 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
南山高崗，麟鳳室堂；含和履中，國無災殃。
Southern mountain, high ridge; qilin and phoenix make their hall. Embracing harmony, treading the mean -- the state is free from calamity.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath the mountain lifts the auspicious beasts to their perches, and the transformation opens as doubled lakes in joyous dialogue — the shared delight of the Joyous. On the southern mountain's high ridges, the qilin and phoenix take up residence in their hall. Embracing harmony and treading the middle way, the state is free from calamity. The qilin and phoenix — supreme omens appearing only under sage governance — dwelling upon the mountain signals that corruption has been fully overcome. From Work on the Decayed to the Joyous, the restoration is celebrated. Two lakes face each other, friends discussing and learning together. When decay is healed and auspicious creatures return, the natural response is shared joy — not solitary triumph but communal celebration.
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