睽 → 泰
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
Line 3
六三 見輿曳。其牛掣。其人天且劓。无初有終。
Six in the third place means: One sees the wagon dragged back, The oxen halted, A man's hair and nose cut off. Not a good beginning, but a good end.
Line 4
九四 睽孤。遇元夫。交孚。厲无咎。
Nine in the fourth place means: Isolated through opposition, One meets a like-minded man With whom one can associate in good faith. Despite the danger, no blame.
Line 6
上九 睽孤。見豕負塗。載鬼一車。先張之弧。後說之弧。匪寇婚媾。往遇雨則吉。
Nine at the top means: Isolated through opposition, One sees one's companion as a pig covered with dirt, As a wagon full of devils. First one draws a bow against him, then one lays the bow aside. He is not a robber; he will woo at the right time. As one goes, rain falls; then good fortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
南有嘉魚，駕黃取𩹊。魴鱮詡詡，利來毋憂。
In the south there are fine fish; driving the yellow boat to catch bream. Bream and silver carp leap merrily; profit comes without worry.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, estranged forces, yet the waters below teem with abundance. In the south swim fine fish; one harnesses a yellow horse and rides out to catch bream and carp. The fish leap and flash in profusion, and profit arrives without cause for worry. The imagery echoes the Shijing ode 'Nan You Jia Yu,' celebrating generous feasting and natural abundance bestowed by heaven. From Opposition to Peace, heaven and earth exchange positions and mingle freely. The transformation dissolves estrangement into cosmic harmony: what was divided — fire fleeing upward, water sinking below — now circulates as heaven descends and earth rises. Abundance flows naturally when opposites interpenetrate rather than pull apart.
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