家人 → 姤
Hexagram 37: The Family → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).
Line 1
初九 閑有家。悔亡。
Nine at the beginning means: Firm seclusion within the family. Remorse disappears.
Line 2
六二 无攸遂。在中饋。貞吉。
Six in the second place means: She should not follow her whims. She must attend within to the food. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 4
六四 富家大吉。
Six in the fourth place means: She is the treasure of the house. Great good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
西行求玉，冀得隋璞。反見凶惡，使我驚惑。
Traveling west to seek jade, hoping to find the Marquis of Sui's uncut gem. Instead he meets with evil; it startles and confounds him.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind from fire sends the family westward in search of jade, hoping to obtain the precious uncut Sui stone — a reference to the famed Sui Pearl, one of antiquity's supreme treasures. But instead of jade, evil is encountered, leaving the traveler shocked and bewildered. The Sui treasure was legendary: the Marquis of Sui once saved a wounded serpent, which returned bearing a luminous pearl. To seek such a treasure and find only horror is a cruel inversion of the legend. From The Family to Coming to Meet, wind moves beneath heaven as an unexpected encounter occurs. Coming to Meet warns of the dark feminine principle rising unbidden; the traveler who expected a treasure instead meets something sinister. Not every encounter is fortunate, and not every westward journey leads to jade.
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