坎 → 大過
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 4).
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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
府藏之富，王以振貸。捕魚河海，罟網多得。
The treasury's wealth is rich; the king distributes and lends. Catching fish in rivers and seas, the nets haul in great abundance.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water upon water, yet the treasury overflows. The royal storehouses are rich, and the king uses this wealth to lend and relieve the people. Fishermen cast their nets across rivers and seas, hauling in great catches. Abundance radiates outward: stored riches are distributed, natural bounty is harvested freely. From The Abysmal to Great Exceeding, water's peril transforms into the lake submerging the trees — excessive abundance that strains all structures. The verse captures the generous phase of this excess: wealth lent out, nets full of fish. But Great Exceeding warns that the ridgepole sags under too much weight. The king's generosity is admirable, yet the pattern carries the seeds of structural overreach.
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