蒙 → 恆
Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly → Hexagram 32: Duration
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
Line 3
六三 勿用取女。見金夫。不有躬。无攸利。
Six in the third place means: Take not a maiden who, when she sees a man of bronze, Loses possession of herself. Nothing furthers.
Line 4
六四 困蒙。吝。
Six in the fourth place means: Entangled folly bring humiliation.
Line 6
上九 擊蒙。不利為寇。利禦寇。
Nine at the top means: In punishing folly It does not further one To commit transgressions. The only thing that furthers Is to prevent transgressions.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
折鋒載殳，輿馬放休。狩軍依營，天下安寧。
Spear-tips broken, halberds stowed; chariots and horses set free to rest. The hunting army returns to camp; all under heaven is at peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A spring beneath the mountain finds lasting peace as weapons are laid down. Blades are sheathed, halberds stored on carts, horses released to pasture. The army encamps and rests; the realm is at peace. Every image speaks of the deliberate transition from war to tranquility — not sudden disarmament but an orderly demobilization. From Youthful Folly to Duration, the transformation reveals what endures. Thunder and wind reinforce each other without ceasing; the gentleman stands firm in his direction. The naif discovers that true stability comes not from perpetual vigilance but from the disciplined decision to stop fighting. Duration is maintained not by the sword but by the resolve to keep it sheathed.
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