頤 → 姤
Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1
初九 舍爾靈龜。觀我朶頤。凶。
Nine at the beginning means: You let your magic tortoise go, And look at me with the corners of your mouth drooping. Misfortune.
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 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
執綏登車，驂乘東遊。說齊解燕，霸國以安。
Grasping the cord, mounting the chariot; with outriders, he tours the east. He persuades Qi, releases Yan; the hegemon state is set at peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain over thunder yields to heaven over wind — Coming to Meet, the unexpected encounter. Grasping the carriage strap and mounting the chariot, one rides east with an escort. Persuading Qi and pacifying Yan, the hegemon's state is secured. The verse evokes a Spring and Autumn diplomat — perhaps Guan Zhong or a similar figure — who travels by chariot to broker alliances between the great states of Qi and Yan, stabilizing the hegemonic order. From Nourishment to Coming to Meet, the transformation projects nourishment outward as diplomacy: the wind beneath heaven carries the ruler's commands to the four quarters. What was internal sustenance becomes external statecraft, and the mouth that was once fed now speaks the words that bind nations together.
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