觀 → 中孚
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 2).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
鼎易其耳，熱不可舉；大路壅塞，旅人心苦。
The cauldron has changed its handles, too hot to lift; the great road is choked and blocked -- the traveler heart is bitter.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over earth observes instruments rendered useless. The cauldron has had its ears replaced — handles changed so the vessel is too hot to lift. Meanwhile the main road is choked and blocked, and travelers suffer bitterly. The cauldron's ears (handles) are the point of interface between the sacred vessel and human use; when they malfunction, the ding cannot serve its purpose. The blocked road compounds the paralysis: neither sacred nor mundane channels function. Wind over lake forms Inner Truth, which reaches others through sincerity's hollow center. From Contemplation to Inner Truth, the transformation reveals how impaired channels obstruct genuine communication. The cauldron cannot be grasped; the road cannot be traveled; the trust that Inner Truth requires finds no vessel to carry it.
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