无妄 → 巽
Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
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.
Line 4
九四 可貞。无咎。
Nine in the fourth place means: He who can be persevering Remains without blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
九疑鬱林，沮濕不中。鸞鳥所去，君子不安。
Jiuyi and Yulin; dank and marshy, unfit to dwell. Where the luan bird departs; the noble man finds no peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
The Nine Doubts Mountains and the Yulin marshlands — damp, malarial, inhospitable. The luan bird, that celestial creature of harmonious song, has departed from this place. The gentleman cannot rest easy. These are the southern wilds where Emperor Shun reportedly died and was buried, a region associated with exile and the limits of civilization. From Innocence to The Gentle, the transformation registers subtlety turned hostile. Xun's doubled wind penetrates everywhere with quiet persistence — but here what penetrates is moisture, disease, and unease. The luan bird's departure signals that heaven's harmony has withdrawn. When innocence enters territory abandoned by celestial creatures, even the gentlest wind carries contamination.
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