姤 → 无妄
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 25: Innocence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
關雎淑女，賢妃聖偶。宜家壽母，福祿長久。
The osprey cries for the virtuous maiden; a worthy consort, a sage's match. She blesses the home and honors the mother; fortune and favor endure long.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven heralds a virtuous union. The ospreys cry by the river islet — the opening poem of the Book of Songs celebrates the modest maiden as a fit match for the lord. The verse extends the image: a worthy consort, a sage's partner, one who brings blessing to the household and longevity to the mother-in-law, with fortune and prosperity enduring through the generations. The Guanju allusion signals a marriage founded on propriety and mutual admiration, not mere passion. From Coming to Meet to Innocence, heaven's thunder roars across the earth in natural, unforced movement. The encounter of Gou achieves its highest expression: a meeting conducted with integrity that produces blessings untainted by ulterior motive.
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