賁 → 升
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 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 6
上九 白賁。无咎。
Nine at the top means: Simple grace. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
隨和重寶，眾多貪有。相如睨柱，趙王危殆。
The Sui and He are precious treasures; many covet and desire them. Xiangru glares at the pillar; the King of Zhao is in mortal peril.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain guards a treasure. The Sui Pearl and He Jade — the two most precious objects of legend — attract many who covet them. Then Lin Xiangru glares sidelong at the pillar, ready to smash both his own head and the jade against it rather than let Qin steal Zhao's treasure. King Zhao of Qin finds himself in peril — outmaneuvered by a mere envoy's courage. This alludes to the famous 'Returning the Jade Intact to Zhao' episode from the Shiji. From Grace to Pushing Upward, fire beneath the mountain becomes wood growing within the earth. Xiangru's slow, methodical escalation — from diplomatic courtesy to life-or-death confrontation — embodies Pushing Upward's principle: small increments of pressure, steadily applied, can elevate the powerless above the powerful.
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