坎 → 震
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 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 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
東行飲酒，與喜相抱，福吾家利，來從父母，水澤之徒，望邑而處。
Traveling east to drink wine; embracing joy together. Fortune blesses my family; coming home to father and mother. People of the marshes and lakes; gazing toward the town, they settle.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water upon water, yet the east brings celebration. Traveling eastward to drink wine, one embraces joy directly — blessings come to the household, returning from father and mother. Those who dwell by water and marshes look toward the town and settle nearby. The verse radiates contentment: wine, reunion, familial blessing, and a view of civilized settlement from the waterside. From The Abysmal to The Arousing, doubled water transforms into doubled thunder — the energy that was flowing and dangerous now shakes the ground with awakening force. The eastward journey toward joy matches Thunder's direction (east in the trigram family), and the drinking of wine celebrates the arousing moment when dormant life stirs into action.
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