无妄 → 大壯
Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 34: Great Power
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 2
六二 不耕穫。不菑畬。則利有攸往。
Six in the second place means: If one does not count on the harvest while plowing, Nor on the use of the ground while clearing it, It furthers one to undertake something.
Line 3
六三 无妄之災。或繫之牛。行人之得。邑人之災。
Six in the third place means: Undeserved misfortune. The cow that was tethered by someone Is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss.
Line 5
九五 无妄之疾。勿藥有喜。
Nine in the fifth place means: Use no medicine in an illness Incurred through no fault of your own. It will pass of itself.
Line 6
上九 无妄。行有眚。无攸利。
Nine at the top means: Innocent action brings misfortune. Nothing furthers.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
麒麟鳳凰，子孫盛昌。少齊在門，利以合婚。招衣彈冠，貴人所歡。
Qilin and phoenix; descendants flourish grandly. A young bride stands at the gate; auspicious for betrothal. Brushing the robe, flicking the cap; the noble one is pleased.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Qilin and phoenix appear together — the supreme auspicious creatures that herald a sage's reign. Descendants flourish in abundance. A young woman of Qi stands at the gate, auspicious for marriage. Dusting off robes and flicking the cap, one prepares to meet the approval of the noble. From Innocence to Great Power, the transformation channels Wuwang's sincerity into irresistible momentum. Dazhuang's image of thunder above heaven captures yang at full surge — energy so abundant it must be guided by propriety lest it overreach. The verse's double blessing — mythical omens above, marriage alliance below — embodies power that springs from natural alignment rather than forced ambition.
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