大過 → 大壯
Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 34: Great Power
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
赤帝懸車，廢職不朝。叔帶之災，居于氾廬。
The Red Emperor suspends his chariot; abandoning office, he holds no court. Shudai’s calamity; he dwells at the reed hut of Fan.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Lake over wind surges into thunder above heaven — Great Power, raw force shaking the cosmos. The Red Emperor suspends his carriage and abandons his office, ceasing to hold court. This is the disaster of Uncle Dai (叔帶): the king dwells in exile at Fanlu. The 'Red Emperor' here refers to the Zhou king, whose virtue, like the dying southern fire, has waned. Uncle Dai (Prince Dai) was the younger brother of King Xiang of Zhou who conspired with the Di barbarians to overthrow the king in 636 BC. King Xiang fled to Zheng, and Prince Dai briefly seized the throne before Duke Wen of Jin intervened. From Great Exceeding to Great Power, the overburdened center is overthrown by unbridled force — thunder above heaven, power misapplied, the usurper's raw ambition displacing legitimate authority.
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