頤 → 同人
Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 13: Fellowship
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).
Line 3
六三 拂頤。貞凶。十年勿用。无攸利。
Six in the third place means: Turning away from nourishment. Perseverance brings misfortune. Do not act thus for ten years. Nothing serves to further.
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
長女三嫁，進退多態。牝狐作妖，夜行離憂。
The eldest daughter marries thrice; advancing and retreating, many shifts. A vixen works mischief; traveling by night, she parts from sorrow.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain over thunder, the discerning jaws, gives way to heaven and fire — Fellowship. The eldest daughter marries three times, advancing and retreating in many guises. A female fox works mischief, prowling by night and breeding sorrow. The eldest daughter's serial marriages suggest instability at the heart of domestic order, while the fox-spirit — a classical figure of seductive deception — compounds the disruption. From Nourishment to Fellowship, the transformation is ironic: fellowship requires trust and constancy, yet this verse shows bonds repeatedly formed and broken. Where nourishment should build lasting community, the fox's shapeshifting sabotages every connection, turning the fire of fellowship into a night-wanderer's anxiety.
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