睽 → 觀
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
Line 1
初九 悔亡。喪馬勿逐自復。見惡人。无咎。
Nine at the beginning means: Remorse disappears. If you lose your horse, do not run after it; It will come back of its own accord. When you see evil people, Guard yourself against mistakes.
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 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 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?
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
翳屏獨語，不聞朝市。以利居服，兔跛後聞。
Hidden behind a screen, talking to himself; he hears nothing of court or market. Using profit to stay and serve; the lame hare is heard of afterward.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, and a figure hides behind a screen, muttering alone, deaf to the bustle of court and market. Living in seclusion for personal advantage, this recluse dresses in comfort while the world goes on without notice. Then the verse pivots: a limping rabbit is heard of only belatedly, its news arriving too late to matter. The image suggests someone whose withdrawal from public life has cost them both relevance and information — isolation purchased at the price of awareness. From Opposition to Contemplation, wind moves across the earth as the ancient kings surveyed their domains and instructed the people. The transformation insists that true observation requires engagement, not retreat behind a curtain.
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