損 → 姤
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).
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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
重門擊柝，介士守護。終有他道，雖驚不懼。
Double gates, striking the watchman's clapper; armed guards stand watch. Though there is another way in; despite the alarm, no fear.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain above lake gives way to heaven above wind — Coming to Meet, where yin rises unexpectedly from below. Double gates are barred and watchmen strike the clappers; armored guards stand sentinel. Yet an alternative path exists: though startled, one need not fear. The 'double gates and striking clappers' quotes directly from the I-Ching's commentary on the Yijing's own hexagram system — the sage-kings' method of warning the people. From Decrease to Coming to Meet, the mountain releases its grip and heaven meets the wind rising from below. Coming to Meet warns of yin's insidious approach, yet the verse reassures: with proper vigilance, the encounter need not become an invasion. Decrease built the fortifications; now they hold against the unexpected guest.
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