賁 → 損
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 41: Decrease
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 3).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
龍虵所聚，大水來處。泱泱濡濡，濙濙礚礚。使我無賴。
Where dragons and serpents gather, great waters come. Surging and soaking, rushing and crashing; they leave me with nothing to rely on.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain gives way to deluge. Where dragons and serpents gather, great waters come. The torrent surges and churns, roaring and crashing, leaving one utterly helpless. Dragons and serpents coiled together suggest primordial chaos — the water-creatures that inhabit the deep gathering in such numbers that the flood becomes inevitable. The onomatopoeia in the original Chinese (泱泱濡濡, 濙濙礚礚) mimics the sound of overwhelming water. From Grace to Decrease, the mountain above the lake takes on a different character: the lake below erodes the mountain's base. Grace's decorative fire is drowned; what remains is the relentless diminution of Decrease. The flood is Decrease made visible — excess water stripping away the mountain's foundation.
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