臨 → 睽
Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 38: Opposition
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).
Line 4
六四 至臨。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: Complete approach. No blame.
Line 6
上六 敦臨。吉。无咎。
Six at the top means: Greathearted approach. Good fortune. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
乘桴於海，雖懼不殆；母載其子，終焉何咎？
Setting out on a raft upon the sea, though fearful, there is no true peril; a mother carries her child -- what blame can there be in the end?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above the lake encounters fire above the lake — Opposition's creative tension. Riding a raft upon the sea, one feels fear but faces no real peril. A mother carries her child — what blame could there be? The raft on open water is terrifying yet ultimately safe, like a mother cradling her infant: the protective bond transcends apparent danger. From Approach to Opposition, the lake and fire of Kui pull in different directions — fire rises, water sinks — yet the verse finds harmony within this very tension. The mother-child bond is the archetype of unity within apparent opposition: two beings, one purpose. Fear exists but dissolves before the deeper truth that what holds them together is stronger than what separates them.
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