蹇 → 比
Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).
Line 3
九三 往蹇來反。
Nine in the third place means: Going leads to obstructions; Hence he comes back.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
送我季女，至于蕩道。齊子旦夕，留連久處。
Escorting my youngest daughter, arriving at the Dang road. The man of Qi lingers morning and evening, staying on and on.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water on the mountain blocks the road, yet a wedding procession presses forward. A younger sister is sent off and reaches Dangdao — a place-name evoking the road of passage. A young man of Qi lingers morning and evening, reluctant to part. The scene echoes Shijing marriage poetry: the bride departing her family, the groom's eager waiting, the bittersweet transition from one household to another. From Obstruction to Holding Together, the mountain's blocked water yields to water resting upon earth — the natural image of people gathering and bonding. The obstruction of departure becomes the intimacy of arrival. The groom's lingering presence transforms the difficult road into a place of connection; what was an obstacle becomes the threshold of belonging.
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