姤 → 益
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 42: Increase
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
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 4
九四 包无魚。起凶。
Nine in the fourth place means: No fish in the tank. This leads to misfortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
大都王市，稠人多寶。公孫宜賈，資貨萬倍。
The great capital, the king's market; dense crowds, abundant treasure. Lord Sun is skilled at trade; his capital returns ten-thousandfold.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven opens a vast marketplace. The great capital and royal bazaar teem with crowds and overflow with treasures. Gongsun is suited to commerce, and his investments return ten-thousandfold. The verse celebrates commercial abundance at its most spectacular — not a village market but the imperial capital's grand bazaar, where fortunes are made overnight. 'Gongsun' may be a generic noble surname used for any well-positioned merchant, or may echo the Shiji's accounts of merchant-statesmen. From Coming to Meet to Increase, wind and thunder move together in mutual enhancement. Gou's encounter becomes an engine of multiplication: what meets combines and amplifies, as goods and capital find their perfect exchange.
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