坎 → 泰
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).
Line 1
初六 習坎。入于坎窞。凶。
Six at the beginning means: Repetition of the Abysmal. In the abyss one falls into a pit. Misfortune.
Line 3
六三 來之坎坎。險且枕。入于坎窞。勿用。
Six in the third place means: Forward and backward, abyss on abyss. In danger like this, pause at first and wait, Otherwise you will fall into a pit in the abyss. Do not act this way.
Line 5
九五 坎不盈。祗既平。无咎。
Nine in the fifth place means: The abyss is not filled to overflowing, It is filled only to the rim. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
朝視不明，夜不見光。皆抵空床，季女奔亡，愴焉心傷。
By morning, sight is unclear; by night, no light is seen. All reach the empty bed. The youngest daughter has fled; the heart aches with sorrow.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water upon water, darkness compounds peril. By morning vision is dim; by night no light appears at all. Everyone returns to an empty bed, and the youngest daughter has fled in secret. The heart aches with desolation. The verse paints domestic abandonment in sensory terms — blindness by day, darkness by night, the cold bed, the vanished bride. From The Abysmal to Peace, the transformation seems to mock the present suffering: heaven and earth should be exchanging their energies in cosmic harmony, yet this household knows only absence and grief. The promise of Peace remains latent, suggesting that even in complete darkness, the conditions for renewed communion already exist beneath the surface.
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