賁 → 益
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 42: Increase
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 5).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
旃裘苫蓋，慕德獻服。邊鄙不聳，以安王國。
Felt cloaks and thatched coverings; admiring virtue, they present tribute. The borders are not alarmed; thereby securing the kingdom.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain extends its warmth to the frontier. Nomads in felt robes and thatch-covered shelters come bearing tribute, drawn by admiration for the kingdom's virtue. The border regions remain calm, unalarmed, and the realm is at peace. The felt-robed visitors represent the northern or western frontier peoples (旃裘 specifically denotes the fur and felt clothing of nomadic cultures). Their voluntary submission through cultural admiration rather than military coercion exemplifies the Confucian ideal of transformative virtue. From Grace to Increase, fire beneath the mountain becomes wind and thunder reinforcing each other. Increase adds from above to below — exactly what happens when a virtuous center radiates outward, enriching even distant peoples without diminishing itself.
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