頤 → 賁
Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 22: Grace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
群虎入邑，求索肉食。大人禦守，君不失國。
A pack of tigers enters the town, seeking flesh to eat. The great man stands guard; the lord does not lose his state.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain over thunder yields to mountain over fire — Grace, where fire illuminates beneath the mountain. A pack of tigers enters the town, seeking flesh to devour. The great man stands guard, and the lord does not lose his state. The tigers represent predatory forces — invaders or bandits — drawn by the scent of sustenance. Yet the defender holds firm, and the adorned order of civilization survives. From Nourishment to Grace, the transformation reveals that beauty and culture require protection: the fire beneath the mountain illuminates governance, but only if someone guards the gate. Nourishment attracts predators, and what sustains must also be defended.
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