夬 → 賁
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 22: Grace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 惕號。莫夜有戎。勿恤。
Nine in the second place means: A cry of alarm. Arms at evening and at night. Fear nothing.
Line 4
九四 臀无膚。其行次且。牽羊悔亡。聞言不信。
Nine in the fourth place means: There is no skin on his thighs, And walking comes hard. If a man were to let himself be led like a sheep, Remorse would disappear. But if these words are heard They will not be believed.
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
娶於姜呂，駕迎新婦。少齊在門，夫子歡喜。
The wedding sedan crosses the bridge — firecrackers crack. The red veil covers the bride's face, catching the morning sun. The groom rides his horse, smiling into the wind — at the gate, the old willow is tied with red ribbons.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Lake risen above heaven adorns itself as fire glows within the mountain. The original verse reads: 'Marrying from the Jiang and Lu clans, the carriage goes to welcome the bride. The young woman of Qi stands at the gate; the husband is overjoyed.' This is a proper aristocratic wedding — the groom dispatches his carriage to the bride's family, and the new wife appears at the threshold amid proper ceremony. The Jiang clan was the ruling house of Qi, suggesting a prestigious match. From Breakthrough to Grace, decisive action gives way to the beauty of proper form. Fire beneath the mountain illuminates without blazing outward. The wedding adorns raw desire with ritual, transforming the biological imperative into cultural splendor.
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