坤 → 歸妹
Hexagram 2: The Receptive → Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).
Line 1
初六 履霜堅冰至。
Six at the beginning means: When there is hoarfrost underfoot, Solid ice is not far off.
Line 2
六二 直方大。不習无不利。
Six in the second place means: Straight, square, great. Without purpose, Yet nothing remains unfurthered.
Line 4
六四 括囊。无咎无譽。
Six in the fourth place means: A tied-up sack. No blame, no praise.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
飛樓屬道，趾多攪垣。居之不安，覆厭為患。
The towering gallery joins the road; its footings disturb many walls. Dwelling there brings no peace; collapse and burial become the peril.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth upon earth transforms into thunder above lake — the Marrying Maiden. A flying tower connects to the road, but its foundations disturb the walls. The dwelling is unsafe; collapse and burial become constant threats. Thunder above lake, the image of Gui Mei, depicts the youngest daughter following the eldest son — an arrangement fraught with structural imbalance. The flying tower (feilou) is an elevated passageway that bridges buildings but destabilizes their foundations through its weight. From the Receptive to the Marrying Maiden, the earth's stable ground is compromised by a structure built above it that was never properly integrated. Gui Mei warns that arrangements entered into under improper conditions — however grand they appear — undermine the very foundations they depend upon.
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