頤 → 履
Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 10: Treading
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).
Line 2
六二 顛頤。拂經于丘。頤征凶。
Six in the second place means: Turning to the summit for nourishment, Deviating from the path To seek nourishment from the hill. Continuing to do this brings misfortune.
Line 4
六四 顛頤。吉。虎視眈眈。其欲逐逐。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: Turning to the summit For provision of nourishment Brings good fortune. Spying about with sharp eyes Like a tiger with insatiable craving. No blame.
Line 5
六五 拂經。居貞吉。不可涉大川。
Six in the fifth place means: Turning away from the path. To remain persevering brings good fortune. One should not cross the great water.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
蜂蠆之門，難以止息。嘉媚之士，為王所食。從去其室。
The gate of wasps and scorpions — hard to find rest within. The charming and pleasing scholar is devoured by the king. He is taken from his home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain over thunder, the jaws of careful nourishment, transforms into heaven above the lake — treading on dangerous ground. The gate of wasps and scorpions offers no rest; their stings are relentless. A pleasing and flattering courtier is consumed by the king, devoured for his very charm, and forced to leave his home. The verse warns that beauty becomes bait in a predatory court. The one who flatters is himself 'eaten' by power. From Nourishment to Treading, the transformation sharpens the danger: to tread upon the tiger's tail requires knowing what to offer and what to withhold. Nourishment misdirected toward flattery feeds the predator and consumes the flatterer.
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