觀 → 渙
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 59: Dispersion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
褰衣涉河，水深漬衣；賴幸舟子，濟脫無他。
Lifting one robes to ford the river, the water is deep and soaks the garments; fortunately the boatman is there -- one crosses safely without mishap.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over earth approaches a river crossing. Hitching up robes to wade, the traveler discovers the water is too deep — clothes are soaked through. Fortunately, a boatman appears and ferries the traveler safely across without further mishap. The verse enacts a miniature drama of misjudgment and rescue: the self-reliant wader overestimates his ability, but help arrives from an unexpected quarter. Wind over water forms Dispersion, which scatters what has frozen through the penetrating action of wind on water. From Contemplation to Dispersion, the transformation shows that rigid self-sufficiency must be dispersed in favor of accepting aid. The boatman dissolves the crisis that pride alone could not cross.
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