姤 → 乾
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 1: The Creative
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).
Line 1
初六 繫于金柅。貞吉。有攸往。見凶。羸豕孚蹢躅。
Six at the beginning means: It must be checked with a brake of bronze. Perseverance brings good fortune. If one lets it take its course, one experiences misfortune. Even a lean pig has it in him to rage around.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
蒙被恩德，長大成就。柔順利貞，君臣合好。
Cloaked in grace and favor, grown to full achievement. Yielding and compliant, steadfast and true; lord and minister joined in harmony.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind moves beneath heaven, and an encounter ripens into enduring strength. One who is sheltered by grace in youth grows to full stature, achieving greatness through gentle compliance and correct conduct. The verse envisions a harmonious court where ruler and minister meet in mutual goodwill, each fulfilling their role. 'Soft and yielding, advantageous to be correct' echoes the Kun hexagram's counsel that receptivity, properly channeled, brings lasting gain. From Coming to Meet to the Creative, the transformation distills an initial, seemingly minor encounter into pure self-generating initiative: what began as wind's subtle penetration becomes heaven's ceaseless drive, converting a chance meeting into the foundation of enduring accomplishment.
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