損 → 无妄
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 25: Innocence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).
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 5
六五 或益之十朋之龜。弗克違。元吉。
Six in the fifth place means: Someone does indeed increase him. Ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. Supreme good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
雄狐綏綏，登山崔嵬。昭告顯功，大福允興。
The male fox moves with ease; climbing the steep, towering mountain. Brightly proclaiming illustrious merit; great fortune truly flourishes.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain above lake transforms into heaven above thunder — Innocence, where action aligns with cosmic will without deliberate calculation. A male fox strides confidently, tail swaying, ascending the towering crag. There it proclaims its merits to all: great fortune rises in full sincerity. The fox in Chinese literature often signifies cunning, but here it ascends openly, declaring itself without guile. From Decrease to Innocence, the mountain gives way to heaven while the lake's thunder rumbles below. Innocence demands action uncorrupted by ulterior motive. The fox that climbs the peak and announces its achievements has nothing to hide — its confidence arises from genuine accomplishment. Decrease has stripped away pretense; what remains is the unadorned truth that Innocence requires.
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