益 → 乾
Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 1: The Creative
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).
Line 2
六二 或益之十朋之龜。弗克違。永貞吉。王用享于帝吉。
Six in the second place means: Someone does indeed increase him; Ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. Constant perseverance brings good fortune. The king presents him before God. Good fortune.
Line 3
六三 益之用凶事。无咎。有孚中行。告公用圭。
Six in the third place means: One is enriched through unfortunate events. No blame, if you are sincere And walk in the middle, And report with a seal to the prince.
Line 4
六四 中行。告公從。利用為依遷國。
Six in the fourth place means: If you walk in the middle And report the prince, He will follow. It furthers one to be used In the removal of the capital.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
下堂出門，東至九山。逢福值喜，得其安閑。
Descending the hall and passing through the gate, journeying east to the nine mountains. Meeting fortune and finding joy, one attains peace and leisure.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind and thunder join forces below, bestowing increase; the transformation leads to pure heaven, doubled and self-renewing. The verse depicts someone stepping down from the hall and out the gate, journeying east to the Nine Mountains, where fortune and joy await in tranquil ease. This is the image of a person who, having received benefit, ventures forth with confidence. The 'Nine Mountains' evoke the sacred peaks of imperial inspection tours, places where heaven's mandate is confirmed. No danger threatens because the traveler moves in alignment with the natural order. From Increase to the Creative, the dynamic is one of generous endowment refined into self-generating initiative: what was given as a gift now becomes intrinsic strength, and the recipient walks freely into an open horizon.
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