睽 → 隨
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 17: Following
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 遇主于巷。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: One meets his lord in a narrow street. No blame.
Line 5
六五 悔亡。厥宗噬膚。往何咎。
Six in the fifth place means: Remorse disappears. The companion bites his way through the wrappings. If one goes to him, How could it be a mistake?
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
五心六意，岐道多怪。非君本志，生我恨悔。
Standing at a three-forked crossroad at dusk — east wind, west rain, each going its own way. Asking the woodcutter for directions, he points two ways. Turning back, the gate one came from is already forgotten.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, the mind pulled in every direction. The original verse reads: 'Five hearts, six intentions — at the fork in the road, many strange things lurk. This is not your true purpose; it breeds only regret.' Indecision at a crossroads becomes a breeding ground for confusion, where every path seems equally alien and none reflects the traveler's authentic will. The rewrite paints a figure standing at dusk where three roads diverge, each weathered by a different wind, with the woodcutter's directions contradicting one another. From Opposition to Following, thunder rests within the lake at nightfall. The transformation from scattered vacillation into proper following requires surrendering the illusion of control and choosing one path with commitment, as the gentleman retires to rest when darkness falls.
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