賁 → 坎
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 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 2
六二 賁其須。
Six in the second place means: Lends grace to the beard on his chin.
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 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.
Line 6
上九 白賁。无咎。
Nine at the top means: Simple grace. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
虎齧龍指，太山之崖。天命不佑，不見其雌。
The tiger gnaws the dragon's claw, at the cliff of Mount Tai. Heaven's mandate does not protect; one cannot find its mate.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain illuminates a scene of primal violence. A tiger gnaws a dragon's claw on the cliff of Mount Tai — two supreme forces locked in mutual destruction at the summit of the sacred mountain. Heaven's mandate withdraws its protection, and the male cannot find its female: no union, no continuation, no progeny. The imagery is stark and mythological: dragon and tiger, yang and yang, consuming each other rather than complementing. Mount Tai, the axis of cosmic authority, becomes the arena for this catastrophe. From Grace to the Abysmal, fire beneath the mountain plunges into doubled water. The adorned surface collapses into the abyss — repeated peril with no foothold, where even supreme powers destroy each other.
The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses, each with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store