夬 → 大有
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 5, 6).
Line 5
九五 莧陸夬夬。中行无咎。
Nine in the fifth place means: In dealing with weeds, Firm resolution is necessary. Walking in the middle Remains free of blame.
Line 6
上六 无號。終有凶。
Six at the top means: No cry. In the end misfortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
鹿食美草，逍遙求飽。日暮後門，過期乃還，肥澤且厭。
The deer feeds on fine grass, wandering at ease to fill its belly. At dusk by the back gate, past the hour it finally returns; sleek, plump, and sated.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Lake risen above heaven opens into fire blazing high in the sky. A deer grazes on fine grass, wandering at leisure to fill its belly. As evening falls it lingers by the back gate, returning past its time, sleek and satiated to the point of surfeit. The deer knows nothing of urgency — it eats until it can eat no more, heedless of the hour. From Breakthrough to Great Possession, decisive cutting-away yields to overflowing abundance. Fire above heaven illuminates everything one owns, and the verse embodies this through effortless plenty. Yet 'past its time' and 'surfeit' carry a faint warning: even within Great Possession, there is a threshold where contentment shades into excess. The deer, fat and slow, may not see the hunter.
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