賁 → 晉
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 35: Progress
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
徒行離車，不冒泥塗。利以休居。
Walking on foot, leaving the cart behind; not braving the muddy road. Favorable for resting at home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain suggests a simpler path. Walking on foot away from the carriage, one avoids the mud and mire. It is better to rest where one is. The verse counsels voluntary simplification: abandon the carriage (symbol of status and speed) rather than risk getting mired. Walking is slower but surer. From Grace to Progress, fire beneath the mountain rises to fire above the earth. Progress shows the sun rising — brightness emerging from the ground. Yet this verse reaches Progress not through ambitious advancement but through tactical retreat. Sometimes the surest progress is to dismount, shed the ornamental trappings of Grace, and proceed on foot. The light that rises from the earth needs no carriage.
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