睽 → 蒙
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 4).
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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
馨香陟降，明德上登。社神佑顧，命予大鄰。
Fragrant offerings ascending and descending; brilliant virtue rises on high. The earth god watches and protects; the mandate bestows a great neighbor.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, estranged elements, yet fragrant offerings rise and descend between heaven and earth. Bright virtue ascends to the high powers, and the guardian spirit of the soil altar looks down with favor, bestowing the mandate of a great domain. The verse echoes the Zhou founding narrative: ritual purity and moral luminance attract divine sanction, recalling how King Wen's accumulated virtue earned heaven's endorsement. The phrase 'great neighbor' invokes the language of cosmic partnership between worthy ruler and responsive deity. From Opposition to Youthful Folly, a spring emerges from beneath the mountain. What was estranged becomes a source of fresh instruction, as the bright virtue that overcame division now nourishes the unformed with patient guidance.
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