賁 → 艮
Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
清人高子，久屯外野。逍遙不歸，思我君母。公子奉請，王孫嘉許。
The men of Qing, led by Gaozu, long encamped in the outer wilds. Wandering free, they do not return; they long for their lord and mother. The young lord presents a petition; the noble heir warmly approves.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire beneath the mountain reveals soldiers idling far from home. The Men of Qing — Gao Ke's garrison from the Shijing ode 'Qing Ren' — have been stationed on the frontier too long, wandering at leisure and never returning. They think of their lord and mother back home. Then a prince comes bearing a summons, and a noble approves the recall. The Shijing's 'Qing Ren' laments Zheng soldiers stationed uselessly at Qing, their martial energy wasted. From Grace to Keeping Still, fire beneath the mountain meets the doubled mountain. Grace's restless fire settles into the absolute stillness of twin peaks. The garrison's aimless wandering finds resolution in Gen's teaching: stop where you are, think not beyond your station, and wait for the proper summons.
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