姤 → 隨
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 17: Following
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
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.
Line 2
九二 包有魚。无咎。不利賓。
Nine in the second place means: There is a fish in the tank. No blame. Does not further guests.
Line 3
九三 臀无膚。其行次且。厲。无大咎。
Nine in the third place means: There is no skin on his thighs, And walking comes hard. If one is mindful of the danger, No great mistake is made.
Line 6
上九 姤其角。吝。无咎。
Nine at the top means: He comes to meet with his horns. Humiliation. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
實沉參虛，以義斷割。次陸服薪，成我霸功。
Shi Chen sinks, Shen is void; by righteousness he cuts and divides. Ci Lu gathers firewood; accomplishing our hegemony.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven aligns the constellations of statecraft. 'Shichen and Canxu' refer to the lodging stars of the ancient states of Tang (later Jin) and Shang (later Song) — two stellar fields that, according to the Zuo Zhuan, were assigned to warring brothers and could never share the same sky. The verse invokes righteous judgment to cut through inherited enmity, then pivots to 'gathering firewood at the secondary encampment' and achieving hegemonic success. From Coming to Meet to Following, thunder rests within the lake: the leader who commands loyalty does so by adapting to circumstances, following the moment rather than forcing it. The encounter produces not conflict but strategic alignment.
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