觀 → 大有
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1
初六 童觀。小人无咎。君子吝。
Six at the beginning means: Boy like contemplation. For an inferior man, no blame. For a superior man, humiliation.
Line 2
六二 闚觀。利女貞。
Six in the second place means: Contemplation through the crack of the door. Furthering for the perseverance of a woman.
Line 3
六三 觀我生進退。
Six in the third place means: Contemplation of my life Decides the choice Between advance and retreat.
Line 4
六四 觀國之光。利用賓于王。
Six in the fourth place means: Contemplation of the light of the kingdom. It furthers one to exert influence as the guest of a king.
Line 5
九五 觀我生。君子无咎。
Nine in the fifth place means: Contemplation of my life. The superior man is without blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
山沒丘浮，陸為水魚；燕雀無巢，民無室廬。
Mountains are drowned and hills set adrift, dry land becomes fish-water; swallows and sparrows have no nest -- the people have no dwelling.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over earth surveys a landscape transformed by catastrophic flood. Mountains vanish beneath the water while hills float like rafts; dry land becomes a kingdom of fish. Sparrows and swallows lose their nests; the people lose their homes. The imagery inverts the natural order completely — mountains should stand firm, land should support life, birds should roost safely. Fire in heaven forms Great Possession, a hexagram of supreme abundance and illumination. From Contemplation to Great Possession, the contrast is devastating: the observer sees not abundance but annihilation. When the elemental order is overturned, even heaven's fire illuminates only ruin. Prosperity becomes meaningful only when the foundations beneath it remain intact.
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