大畜 → 革
Hexagram 26: Great Taming → Hexagram 49: Revolution
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 輿說輹。
Nine in the second place means: The axletrees are taken from the wagon.
Line 4
六四 童牛之牿。元吉。
Six in the fourth place means: The headboard of a young bull. Great good fortune.
Line 5
六五 豶豕之牙。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: The tusk of a gelded boar. Good fortune.
Line 6
上九 何天之衢。亨。
Nine at the top means: One attains the way of heaven. Success.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
從豕牽羊，與虎相逢，雖驚不凶。
Leading a pig, pulling a goat, he meets a tiger on the road. Though startled, there is no harm.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven stored within the mountain becomes the lake with fire within — Revolution. Driving pigs and leading sheep, one encounters a tiger on the road. Though startled, no harm comes. The verse is strikingly concise: the shepherd with his humble livestock meets the apex predator, yet the encounter passes without injury. Revolution transforms through the meeting of incompatible forces — fire within the lake, destruction within containment. From Great Taming to Revolution, the mountain's stored heaven becomes the revolutionary tension of opposing elements. The tiger and the herd represent forces that should not coexist, yet in this moment they do. The verse suggests that not every revolution ends in bloodshed; sometimes the predator simply passes by.
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