姤 → 咸
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 31: Influence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).
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 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
喜笑且語，不能掩口。官爵並至，慶賀盈戶。
Laughing and chatting with delight, unable to cover the mouth. Rank and title arrive together; congratulations fill the household.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven announces glad tidings that cannot be contained. Laughter and chatter overflow, mouths unable to close from joy. Official rank and noble titles arrive together, and congratulatory guests fill the doorway. The verse radiates unrestrained happiness — the kind that renders composure impossible. From Coming to Meet to Influence, the lake rests upon the mountain as the youngest daughter draws near to the youngest son: mutual attraction, natural resonance, the empty heart that receives freely. Gou's encounter here achieves its most spontaneous fulfillment. The joy is not performed but irrepressible, and the honors that follow are the natural consequence of a connection that moves others to respond in kind.
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