夬 → 大畜
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 26: Great Taming
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).
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
始加元服，二十繫室。新婚既樂，伯季有得。
First receiving the capping ceremony; at twenty, establishing a household. Newly wed and joyful; the eldest and youngest all prosper.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Lake risen above heaven is gathered into the mountain that stores heaven within. A young man first receives his ceremonial cap — the 'yuan fu' or capping rite marking adulthood at twenty. He then establishes his household in marriage. The newlyweds rejoice, and both elder and younger brothers share in the good fortune. The capping ceremony and wedding follow in proper sequence: maturity confirmed, then family founded, then sibling bonds strengthened. From Breakthrough to Great Taming, the decisive act of cutting away what is corrupt transforms into the patient accumulation of virtue and knowledge. Heaven stored within the mountain represents power held in reserve, cultivated over time. The young man's rites of passage mark the beginning of that lifelong project of self-taming.
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