晉 → 賁
Hexagram 35: Progress → Hexagram 22: Grace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).
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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
䟽足息肩，有所忌難，金城銅郭，以鐵為關，藩屏自衛，安止无患。
Resting the feet, easing the shoulders; there is something to fear and avoid. Walls of bronze, ramparts of copper, gates forged of iron. Shielding and defending oneself; at peace, at rest, without calamity.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire rises above the earth, but the figure halts to rest weary feet and aching shoulders. There are dangers to be wary of, so defenses must be built: walls of gold, ramparts of bronze, gates reinforced with iron. Barriers and screens protect on all sides, and one rests secure without worry. The verse shifts from weariness to fortification — the traveler who has advanced far enough now consolidates position rather than pressing further. From Progress to Grace, the transformation is apt. Fire beneath the mountain creates refined beauty: illumination contained within natural form. The iron-gated city is not merely defensive but aesthetically ordered — each wall a deliberate ornament. True grace emerges when strength knows its boundaries and adorns stillness rather than pursuing endless motion.
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