賁 → 姤
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
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 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 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
下泉苞稂，十年無王。荀伯遇時，憂念周京。
In the palace courtyard, grass grows knee-high; the throne is dust-covered, dragon patterns hidden. An old minister stands alone, gazing toward the capital — evening crows circle the tower, refusing to alight.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain is a rewrite — the original verse reads: 'Beneath the spring, darnel grows rank; for ten years there has been no king. Lord Xun meets his time; he longs and grieves for the Zhou capital.' This draws on the Shijing ode 'Xia Quan' (曹風·下泉), which laments the decay of royal authority and yearns for a worthy ruler to restore order. The subterranean spring nurturing weeds rather than grain symbolizes perverted nourishment — the state sustaining disorder rather than civilization. From Grace to Coming to Meet, fire beneath the mountain transforms into wind beneath heaven. Coming to Meet warns of an unexpected encounter — often a dark feminine force rising. The original verse's ten-year kinglessness resonates: when authority is vacant too long, what fills the void may not be welcome.
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