夬 → 解
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 40: Deliverance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).
Line 1
初九 壯于前趾。往不勝為咎。
Nine at the beginning means: Mighty in the forward-striding toes. When one goes and is not equal to the task, One makes a mistake.
Line 3
九三 壯于頄。有凶。君子夬夬。獨行遇雨。若濡有慍。无咎。
Nine in the third place means: To be powerful in the cheekbones Brings misfortune. The superior man is firmly resolved. He walks alone and is caught in the rain. He is bespattered, And people murmur against him. No blame.
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
登高望家，役事未休。王政靡盬，不得逍遙。
Climbing high, gazing toward home; the labor of service never rests. The king's affairs are ceaseless; one cannot wander free.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Lake risen above heaven releases into the thunder and rain of deliverance. Climbing to a height, one gazes homeward, but the labor service is not yet done. The king's administration grinds without end — there is no leisure, no wandering at ease. The verse echoes the Shijing soldiers' laments: conscripts who climb a hilltop to look toward home but cannot return because the state's demands are inexhaustible. From Breakthrough to Deliverance, decisive cutting should bring release, yet the verse shows release tantalizingly close but not yet achieved. Thunder and rain have arrived — the storm that clears the air — but the laborer still stands on the ridge, longing. Deliverance means pardoning faults and letting go; the king's government, however, has not yet learned to stop.
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