睽 → 艮
Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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 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
思顧所之，乃令逢時。洗我故憂，拜我歡來。
Thinking carefully on where to go; and so he meets the right time. Washing away old sorrows; bowing as joy arrives.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire above the lake, and a thoughtful pause yields perfect timing. Reflecting on where to go, one finds the moment ripe — an encounter with timeliness itself. Old worries are washed clean, and joy comes bowing in to take their place. The verse traces a brief inner journey: from anxious deliberation to serendipitous alignment, from accumulated sorrow to its ritual cleansing. 'Washing away old worries' suggests a purification rite, while 'bowing to welcome joy' implies that happiness arrives with the formality of a guest properly received. From Opposition to Keeping Still, twin mountains stand in meditative silence, and the gentleman's thoughts do not stray beyond his position. The transformation from restless seeking to perfect stillness reveals that the right moment finds you when you stop chasing it.
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