賁 → 否
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 12: Standstill
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1
初九 賁其趾。舍車而徒。
Nine at the beginning means: He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks.
Line 3
九三 賁如濡如。永貞吉。
Nine in the third place means: Graceful and moist. Constant perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 4
六四 賁如皤如。白馬翰如。匪寇婚媾。
Six in the fourth place means: Grace or simplicity? A white horse comes as if on wings. He is not a robber, He will woo at the right time.
Line 5
六五 賁于丘園。束帛戔戔。吝。終吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Grace in the hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. Humiliation, but in the end good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
東風啟戶，黔啄翻舞；各樂其類，咸得生處。
The east wind opens the door; dark-capped birds flutter and dance. Each delights in its own kind; all find a place to live.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain yields to the east wind that opens the door. Dark-beaked birds dance and tumble in the breeze — each creature delights in its own kind, and all find a place to live. This verse of simple natural contentment contrasts sharply with the name of its target hexagram. From Grace to Standstill, one would expect blockage and stagnation, yet the verse describes harmony. The paradox suggests that true peace comes precisely when heaven and earth do not interfere with each other — when each being finds its natural station without forced mixing. The Standstill hexagram's image of non-communication, read positively, becomes the Daoist ideal: each in its place, undisturbed.
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