无妄 → 姤
Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).
Line 1
初九 无妄。往吉。
Nine at the beginning means: Innocent behavior brings good fortune.
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
履危不安，趺頓我顏，傷踵為癩。
Treading danger, finding no footing; stumbling and striking one's face. The heel is injured and scarred.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Treading on danger without finding safety — one stumbles and falls, face striking the ground, injuring the heel until it festers. This terse verse is pure physical misfortune, the body betrayed by unstable footing. From Innocence to Coming to Meet, the transformation reveals the hazard of unexpected encounter. Gou's image of heaven above wind shows the powerful suddenly confronted by what creeps in from below — an unanticipated meeting that may be dangerous. The verse's stumble captures Wuwang's core meaning: innocent action on treacherous ground leads to injury not through fault but through the ground itself being unreliable. Coming to Meet warns that not every encounter is welcome.
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