解 → 中孚
Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 无咎。
Six at the beginning means: Without blame.
Line 4
九四 解而拇。朋至斯孚。
Nine in the fourth place means: Deliver yourself from your great toe. Then the companion comes, And him you can trust.
Line 5
六五 君子維有解。吉。有孚于小人。
Six in the fifth place means: If only the superior man can deliver himself, It brings good fortune. Thus he proves to inferior men that he is in earnest.
Line 6
上六 公用射隼于高墉之上。獲之无不利。
Six at the top means: The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. He kills it. Everything serves to further.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
悅以內安，不利出門。憂除禍消，公孫何尤。
Content within, the household is at peace; it is not favorable to venture out the gate. Worry is lifted and misfortune fades; what fault can Lord Gongsun bear?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder over water resolves into wind above the lake — the transparent sincerity of Inner Truth. Joy within brings inner peace; it is not favorable to go out the door. Worries are removed and calamities dissolve — what blame can Lord Gongsun bear? The verse counsels staying home: true security comes from internal contentment, not external adventure. The reference to 'Gongsun' — a common aristocratic surname meaning 'duke's grandson' — may point to a figure whose troubles vanished when he ceased striving outward. From Deliverance to Inner Truth, the storm's release becomes the still lake reflecting the gentle wind. The crane's cry carries across the marshes; sincerity does not need to travel far to be heard.
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