損 → 旅
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
禹召諸神，會稽南山。執玉萬國，天下康安。
Yu summons the spirits; assembling at Kuaiji, the southern mountain. Ten thousand states present their jade; all under heaven is peaceful and secure.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Mountain above lake transforms into fire above mountain — the Wanderer, where the traveler passes through foreign lands with cautious discernment. Yu the Great summons the assembled spirits to Mount Kuaiji in the south. Ten thousand states present their jade tribute; all under heaven rests in peace and security. According to tradition, Yu convened the feudal lords at Kuaiji to establish order after taming the floods — the supreme act of legitimate assembly. From Decrease to the Wanderer, the lake ignites as fire atop the mountain, illuminating the landscape for the sojourner. The Wanderer suggests transience, yet Yu's gathering at Kuaiji transforms wandering into arrival. Decrease's sacrifice — Yu's legendary years of selfless toil, passing his own door three times without entering — earns the right to convene the world at a single mountain.
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