晉 → 巽
Hexagram 35: Progress → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
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 5
六五 悔亡。失得勿恤。往吉无不利。
Six in the fifth place means: Remorse disappears. Take not gain and loss to heart. Undertakings bring good fortune. Everything serves to further.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
居室之倫，夫婦和親，小人乘車，碩果失豢。
The household in proper order; husband and wife in gentle accord. The petty man rides in the carriage; the great fruit loses its keeping.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire rises above the earth, and domestic order prevails: the household maintains proper relations, husband and wife live in affectionate harmony. But then the verse pivots — the petty man rides in a carriage while the great fruit loses its enclosure. When unworthy people rise to positions of visible privilege, the natural order inverts: what should be nourished and protected (the 'great fruit,' shuo guo, echoing the last yang line of hexagram 23) is instead left exposed and lost. From Progress to the Gentle, the transformation operates through quiet infiltration. Doubled wind penetrates everywhere, issuing commands that spread through every crevice. The Gentle's power is subtle: the petty man who rides the carriage does not seize it by force but slips into place gradually, like wind through an unsealed door.
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