夬 → 需
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 5: Waiting
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 4).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
薄為藩蔽，勁風吹卻，欲上不得，復歸其宅。
A thin fence serves as barrier; the fierce wind blows it away. Wishing to ascend but unable; one returns again to one's dwelling.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Lake risen above heaven meets the clouds that gather before heaven. A thin fence serves as shelter, but a fierce wind blows it aside. The climber reaches upward but cannot gain purchase, and falls back to where he started. The barrier is too flimsy to protect, and the ambition too slight for the storm it faces. From Breakthrough to Waiting, decisive action meets the necessity of patience. The cloud hangs above heaven but has not yet released its rain — the moment is not ripe. One who pushes forward against a headwind with only a grass screen for protection will inevitably be driven back. The verse counsels returning home to wait for better conditions rather than spending oneself against an unready sky.
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