賁 → 豫
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).
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 6
上九 白賁。无咎。
Nine at the top means: Simple grace. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
鵲延卻縮，不見頭目；日以困急，不能自復。
The magpie stretches then shrinks back; head and eyes cannot be seen. Day by day more pressed and desperate; unable to recover on its own.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain reveals a magpie stretching forward then shrinking back, its head and eyes lost from sight. Day by day the situation grows more dire and desperate, with no way to recover. The magpie — ordinarily a bird of good omen in Chinese tradition — here is paralyzed, extending and retracting in indecision, unable to commit to any direction. From Grace to Enthusiasm, the mountain's static fire transforms into thunder erupting from the earth. The magpie's frozen hesitation is the antithesis of Yu's galvanizing energy. Where Grace decorates inaction, Enthusiasm demands movement. The verse warns that adorning paralysis only deepens the crisis — what is needed is the thunder's decisive burst.
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