大過 → 大有
Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 藉用白茅。无咎。
Six at the beginning means: To spread white rushes underneath. No blame.
Line 5
九五 枯楊生華。老婦得其士夫。无咎无譽。
Nine in the fifth place means: A withered poplar puts forth flowers. An older woman takes a husband. No blame. No praise.
Line 6
上六 過涉滅頂。凶。无咎。
Six at the top means: One must go through the water. It goes over one's head. Misfortune. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
馬躓車傷，長舌破家。東關二五，晉君出走。
The horse stumbles, the carriage breaks; a long tongue destroys the house. At the eastern pass, the twenty-fifth day; the lord of Jin flees in exile.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Lake over wind blazes into fire above heaven — Great Possession. A horse stumbles and the carriage breaks; a long tongue destroys the household. At the Eastern Gate, two and five conspire, and the lord of Jin flees into exile. The 'long tongue' is Lady Li (Liji), whose slander drove Crown Prince Shensheng to suicide and forced Chong Er and Yiwu into exile. The 'two and five' refer to Liang Wu and Dongguan Pivu, the favored courtiers whom Lady Li bribed to persuade Duke Xian to send his sons away from the capital. From Great Exceeding to Great Possession, excess transforms into vast but mismanaged wealth. Fire in heaven illuminates everything — including the poison at the heart of the household. The Jin ruling house possessed greatness but let a scheming tongue break it apart.
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