賁 → 大壯
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 34: Great Power
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).
Line 2
六二 賁其須。
Six in the second place means: Lends grace to the beard on his chin.
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
夜視無明，不利賈商。子反笑歡，與市為仇。
Seeing nothing in the dark of night; unfavorable for merchants and trade. Zifan laughs with glee, making the marketplace his enemy.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain fails to illuminate. Night trading has no brightness, and commerce cannot prosper. Then Zi Fan laughs and celebrates, making enemies of the marketplace. Zi Fan was a Chu general known for indulgence — in one famous episode, his servant gave him wine before a decisive battle, leaving him too drunk to fight, which led to his death by forced suicide. Here, a general's revelry directly opposes the merchant's need for clear vision and fair dealing. From Grace to Great Power, fire beneath the mountain transforms into thunder above heaven. Great Power is raw force that must be governed by propriety. Zi Fan's drunken laughter exemplifies power without restraint — energy misapplied, turning potential allies into enemies.
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