蹇 → 升
Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).
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
黃帝出遊，駕龍乘馬。東上泰山，南過齊魯，郡國咸喜。
The Yellow Emperor sets forth on his journey, riding dragons and driving horses. East he ascends Mount Tai, south he passes Qi and Lu; all the provinces rejoice.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water on the mountain parts before the majesty of an imperial progress. The Yellow Emperor sets out on a grand tour, riding dragons and driving horses. Ascending Mount Tai in the east, passing through the lands of Qi and Lu in the south, every commandery and kingdom rejoices at his approach. This verse invokes the primordial sovereign's inspection journey — the mythic template for all later imperial tours — where the ruler's presence consecrates the landscape and renews the bond between heaven and the people. From Obstruction to Pushing Upward, wood grows within the earth in steady, incremental ascent. The Yellow Emperor's tour is Pushing Upward made visible: a sovereign force that rises through the realm, gathering allegiance and spreading order as it climbs from the eastern mountain through the southern plains.
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