睽 → 大壯
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 34: Great Power
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 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 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
鷹飛雉退，兔伏不起。弧張狼鳴，野雞飛驚。
The hawk soars, the pheasant retreats; the rabbit crouches, daring not rise. The bow is drawn and the wolf howls; the wild pheasant startles into flight.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, and the hunting field erupts with predatory energy. A hawk swoops and the pheasant retreats; a rabbit crouches frozen, unable to rise. The bow is drawn and the wolf howls as wild roosters burst from cover in terror. Every creature occupies its role in the food chain: the strong strike, the weak scatter. The verse captures raw natural power operating without negotiation — pure dominance in the animal kingdom. From Opposition to Great Power, thunder roars above heaven, and the gentleman treads only the path of propriety. The transformation channels brute force through ritual restraint: the thunder's might is real, but the gentleman's power lies in knowing where not to step. Great Power unchecked becomes mere predation.
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