睽 → 革
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 49: Revolution
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 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 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 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
駕黃買蒼，與利相迎。心獲所守，不累弟兄。
Harnessing the yellow, buying the grey; meeting profit on the way. The heart finds what it guards; not encumbering brothers.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, and a merchant harnesses yellow horses to a chariot, setting out to purchase fine stock — perhaps blue-grey horses or simply good merchandise. Profit comes to meet him on the road. The heart finds what it seeks to hold, and no burden falls upon brothers or kin. This is a verse of clean transaction: desire aligns with opportunity, and the gain enriches without entangling. The family is left unencumbered because the venture stands on its own merit. From Opposition to Revolution, fire blazes within the lake, and the gentleman reforms the calendar to clarify the seasons. The transformation from successful commerce to fundamental change suggests that once the right exchange is made, one can restructure the very framework of time and order.
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