蒙 → 姤
Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).
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 5
六五 童蒙。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Childlike folly brings good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
目動睫瞤，喜來加身。舉家蒙歡，吉利無殃。
The eye stirs, the eyelid flutters; joy comes upon the body. The whole household receives delight; auspicious and favorable, without harm.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A spring beneath the mountain quickens with an involuntary sign of fortune. The eye twitches and the eyelid flutters — in Chinese folk physiognomy, a harbinger of approaching joy. Happiness descends upon the body, the whole household shares in celebration, auspicious and free of harm. The omen is entirely somatic: the body knows before the mind, signaling through a physical tremor what reason has not yet grasped. From Youthful Folly to Coming to Meet, the transformation captures the sudden, unbidden encounter. Wind stirs beneath heaven; the ruler issues proclamations to all directions. The naif does not seek good fortune — it arrives unannounced, like an unexpected meeting on the road, and joy permeates the household before anyone can explain why.
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