損 → 夬
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 3
六三 三人行。則損一人。一人行。則得其友。
Six in the third place means: When three people journey together, Their number decreases by one. When one man journeys alone, He finds a companion.
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.
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
蓄積有餘，糞土不居。美哉輪奐，出有高車。
Stores accumulated in surplus; dung and filth do not linger. How fine, how splendid the halls; going out, there is a grand carriage.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain above lake transforms into lake above heaven — Breakthrough, where accumulated water bursts upward in decisive release. Stores overflow with surplus; filth and dross have no place to settle. 'How magnificent, how splendid!' — the phrase echoes the Zuo Zhuan's praise of grand architecture. One rides forth in a high carriage. The verse celebrates abundance so complete that waste is expelled and beauty takes its place. From Decrease to Breakthrough, the lake rises above heaven in a surge of decisive action. Breakthrough's image is the lake gathered high above, ready to pour down. Decrease's patient accumulation has filled the reservoir to bursting; now the dam breaks and wealth flows outward. The splendid carriage is the visible reward of long restraint finally released.
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