損 → 豫
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 6).
Line 1
初九 已事遄往。无咎。酌損之。
Nine at the beginning means: Going quickly when one's tasks are finished Is without blame. But one must reflect on how much one may decrease others.
Line 2
九二 利貞。征凶。弗損益之。
Nine in the second place means: Perseverance furthers. To undertake something brings misfortune. Without decreasing oneself, One is able to bring increase to others.
Line 4
六四 損其疾。使遄有喜。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: If a man deceases his faults, It makes the other hasten to come and rejoice. No blame.
Line 6
上九 弗損益之。无咎。貞吉。利有攸往。得臣无家。
Nine at the top means: If one is increased without depriving others, There is no blame. Perseverance brings good fortune. It furthers one to undertake something. One obtains servants But no longer has a separate home.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
南歷玉山，東入玉關。登上福堂，飲萬歲漿。
Traveling south past Jade Mountain, entering east through the Jade Pass. Ascending to the Hall of Blessings; drinking the elixir of ten thousand years.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain above lake yields to thunder above earth — Enthusiasm bursting forth from below. The verse traces a journey through paradise: south past Jade Mountain, east through Jade Gate, ascending to the Hall of Fortune to drink the Elixir of Ten Thousand Years. These are the landmarks of Kunlun mythology — the celestial realm of the Queen Mother of the West, where immortality flows like wine. From Decrease to Enthusiasm, the mountain's quiet restraint explodes into thunderous celebration. The lake that was diminished now resonates with the earth's joy. Decrease's voluntary sacrifice earns passage to the immortal feast; the one who has given away earthly attachments is rewarded with the elixir that transcends mortality itself.
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