賁 → 解
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 40: Deliverance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 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 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 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
南山之蹊，真人所在。德配唐虞，天命為子。保佑歆享，身受大慶。
On the southern mountain's path, the True Man dwells. His virtue matches Yao and Shun; heaven's mandate makes him its son. Protected with blessings and offerings; the body receives great felicity.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain lights the path to a sage. On the southern mountain's trail dwells a True Person whose virtue matches Tang and Yu — the legendary emperors Yao and Shun. Heaven's mandate claims him as its son; divine blessings and ancestral offerings are enjoyed, and he receives the greatest celebration. The verse traces a complete arc of legitimacy: the sage in the wilderness, the comparison to antiquity's finest rulers, and the bestowal of the heavenly mandate. From Grace to Deliverance, fire beneath the mountain transforms into thunder and rain. Where Grace adorned the surface, Deliverance releases the tension: the thunderstorm breaks, and all is forgiven. The sage's discovery on the mountain trail is itself the moment of release — the right person found at the right time.
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