蠱 → 節
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 60: Limitation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 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 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
宮成室就，進樂相舞；英俊在堂，福祿光明。
The palace is completed, the chambers finished; music advances, dancers whirl. The brilliant and worthy stand in the hall -- fortune and glory shine bright.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath the mountain raises the hall, and the transformation settles as water above the lake — the measured restraint of Limitation. The palace is built, the chambers complete; music plays and dancers perform. The talented and heroic fill the hall; blessings and fortune shine with brilliance. The verse celebrates accomplished construction — both architectural and political. The completed palace, the assembled worthies, the ritual music all signal a functioning state emerging from decay. From Work on the Decayed to Limitation, prosperity requires boundaries. Water above the lake means the lake has limits; the gentleman sets measures and evaluates conduct. Without limitation, even this newly built splendor will overflow into the same excess that caused the original decay.
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