晉 → 泰
Hexagram 35: Progress → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1
初六 晉如摧如。貞吉。罔孚。裕无咎。
Six at the beginning means: Progressing, but turned back. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one meets with no confidence, one should remain calm. No mistake.
Line 2
六二 晉如愁如。貞吉。受茲介福。于其王母。
Six in the second place means: Progressing, but in sorrow. Perseverance brings good fortune. Then one obtains great happiness from one's ancestress.
Line 3
六三 眾允悔亡。
Six in the third place means: All are in accord. Remorse disappears.
Line 4
九四 晉如鼫鼠。貞厲。
Nine in the fourth place means: Progress like a hamster. Perseverance brings danger.
Line 6
上九 晉其角。維用伐邑。厲吉无咎。貞吝。
Nine at the top means: Making progress with the horns is permissible Only for the purpose of punishing one's own city. To be conscious of danger brings good fortune. No blame. Perseverance brings humiliation.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
高腳疾步，受肩善趨，日走千里，賈市有得。
Tall legs, swift steps; nimble shoulders, good at running. A thousand li in a day; profit found at market.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire rises above the earth, and a figure with long legs takes swift strides, shoulders braced for speed, running a thousand li in a single day. The merchant arrives at market and reaps profit. The verse is pure forward momentum: physical vigor matched by commercial success, every step landing precisely, no wasted motion. From Progress to Peace, the transformation amplifies the theme. Heaven and earth exchange their energies, creating the most harmonious hexagram in the entire system. The swift runner finds not merely a destination but a world where effort and reward align perfectly. When advance meets receptive conditions, a thousand li feel like a morning stroll.
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