臨 → 夬
Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).
Line 3
六三 甘臨。无攸利。既憂之。无咎。
Six in the third place means: Comfortable approach. Nothing that would further. If one is induced to grieve over it, One becomes free of blame.
Line 4
六四 至臨。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: Complete approach. No blame.
Line 5
六五 知臨。大君之宜。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Wise approach. This is right for a great prince. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
青蛉如雲，城邑閑門；國君衛守，民困於患。
Green dragonflies swarm like clouds, the city gates stand barred; the lord of the state mounts his defense -- the people are beset by calamity.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above the lake ascends to the lake above heaven — Breakthrough's decisive resolution. Green dragonflies swarm like clouds around the city, whose gates stand barred. The ruler defends his walls while the people suffer within. The insect swarm — whether literal plague or metaphor for besieging forces — descends upon a city already sealed against attack. The populace is trapped between external threat and internal deprivation. From Approach to Breakthrough, the lake gathering above heaven must eventually burst through. The barred gates cannot hold forever: what accumulates above will break downward. The verse captures the moment just before the dam gives way, when the pressure of suffering demands decisive action to resolve the crisis.
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