蒙 → 益
Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly → Hexagram 42: Increase
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).
Line 1
初六 發蒙。利用刑人。用說桎梏。以往吝。
Six at the beginning means: To make a fool develop It furthers one to apply discipline. The fetters should be removed. To go on in this way bring humiliation.
Line 2
九二 包蒙吉。納婦吉。子克家。
Nine in the second place means: To bear with fools in kindliness brings good fortune. To know how to take women Brings good fortune. The son is capable of taking charge of the household.
Line 5
六五 童蒙。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Childlike folly brings good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
莫莫輯輯，夜作晝匿。謀議我資，來攻我室。空盡我財，幾無以食。
Whispering, conspiring; working by night, hiding by day. They plot against my goods and come to raid my home. Emptying all my wealth; I nearly have nothing to eat.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A spring beneath the mountain is silently plundered. In whispered conspiracy, thieves work by night and hide by day. They plot against my wealth, attack my household, empty my stores until nothing is left to eat. The repetition of 'my' — my resources, my home, my food — makes the violation intensely personal. From Youthful Folly to Increase, the irony is devastating. Wind and thunder should enhance and augment; the gentleman sees goodness and moves toward it. Yet here, 'increase' operates in reverse: it is the thieves who increase while the victim decreases. The naif who does not guard what is his discovers that the same energies meant for growth can be hijacked by those who conspire in darkness.
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