坎 → 豫
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).
Line 2
九二 坎有險。求小得。
Nine in the second place means: The abyss is dangerous. One should strive to attain small things only.
Line 4
六四 樽酒簋貳。用缶。納約自牖。終无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: A jug of wine, a bowl of rice with it; Earthen vessels Simply handed in through the Window. There is certainly no blame in this.
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
墻高蔽日，崑崙翳月，遠行無明，不見懽叔。
The wall rises high, blocking the sun; Kunlun eclipses the moon. Traveling far without light, one cannot see the beloved uncle.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water upon water, vision is blocked at every scale. A wall so high it obscures the sun, Kunlun itself veiling the moon — from the domestic to the cosmic, light cannot penetrate. Traveling far without illumination, one cannot find the beloved uncle (懽叔). The verse layers obstruction: architectural, geographical, celestial. Even Kunlun, the axis of the world and gateway to immortality, becomes an instrument of darkness here. From The Abysmal to Enthusiasm, the transformation promises thunder bursting from the earth — spontaneous, irresistible energy. But the verse captures the moment before that release, when every source of light is walled off and the longed-for reunion remains impossible.
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