蹇 → 泰
Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).
Line 1
初六 往蹇來譽。
Six at the beginning means: Going leads to obstructions, Coming meets with praise.
Line 2
六二 王臣蹇蹇。匪躬之故。
Six in the second place means: The King's servant is beset by obstruction upon obstruction, But it is not his own fault.
Line 5
九五 大蹇朋來。
Nine in the fifth place means: In the midst of the greatest obstructions, Friends come.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
歷險登危，道遠勞疲。玄豕自歸，困涉大波。
Traversing danger and climbing peril; the road is far and the body weary. The black pig returns on its own, struggling through great waves.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water on the mountain makes every step a trial. The traveler scales cliffs and traverses dangers, the road stretching endlessly, body worn to exhaustion. Then a dark boar returns of its own accord — an omen of natural restoration — but the journey home still requires struggling through great waves. The black pig's spontaneous homecoming signals that the destination is right, yet the crossing remains brutal. From Obstruction to Peace, earth sinks below while heaven rises above; the two forces exchange places and interpenetrate. Peace is not the absence of difficulty but the completion of a grueling passage where high and low finally meet. The exhausted traveler and the homing boar both testify: the hardest road sometimes leads to the most harmonious arrival.
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