恆 → 謙
Hexagram 32: Duration → Hexagram 15: Modesty
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Line 2
九二 悔亡。
Nine in the second place means: Remorse disappears.
Line 4
九四 田无禽。
Nine in the fourth place means: No game in the field.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
咸陽辰巳，長安戌亥，丘陵生上，非魚鰌市。
Xianyang at the dragon-snake hours; Chang’an at the dog-boar hours. Hills and mounds rise in the marketplace; it is no place for fish or loach.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder above wind, Duration's unwavering course, descends into earth above mountain — Modesty's hidden elevation. Xianyang at the hour of chen-si, Chang'an at xu-hai: two imperial capitals are named with their astrological timings, evoking the geomantic mapping of power across the landscape. Hilltops rise upward, but fish and eels have no marketplace there — what thrives in water cannot trade on dry heights. The verse juxtaposes celestial calculation with earthly misfit: knowing the cosmic schedule does not make the terrain hospitable. From Duration to Modesty, the enduring rhythm meets the mountain concealed within the earth. True power lies hidden, not displayed; the hilltop market fails because elevation without accommodation repels those who need the valley's depth.
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