姤 → 臨
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 19: Approach
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 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 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 4
九四 包无魚。起凶。
Nine in the fourth place means: No fish in the tank. This leads to misfortune.
Line 5
九五 以杞包瓜。含章。有隕自天。
Nine in the fifth place means: A melon covered with willow leaves. Hidden lines. Then it drops down to one from heave.
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
禹召諸侯，會稽南山。執玉萬國，天下康寧。
Yu summoned the lords to assemble at Kuaiji, the southern mountain. Ten thousand states bearing jade; all under heaven at peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven gathers the lords of ten thousand states. Yu the Great summons the feudal lords to an assembly at Mount Kuaiji, where each presents jade tributes in token of allegiance, and the realm is blessed with lasting peace. This iconic scene recalls the legendary Kuaiji Assembly where Yu demonstrated his mandate by drawing all the lords of the known world to one place through moral authority alone. From Coming to Meet to Approach, earth above the lake draws near with inexorable gentleness — the ruler approaches his people not by force but by gravitational virtue. The encounter initiated by Gou becomes a universal gathering: what begins as heaven's wind issuing a proclamation ends as the entire world converging in voluntary submission.
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