姤 → 升
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).
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
三人俱行，六目光明。道逢淑女，與我驥子。
Three men travel together; six eyes shine bright. On the road they meet a virtuous woman who gives me a fine young steed.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven sends three travelers upon a bright-eyed journey. Three companions walk together, six eyes shining with clarity, and on the road they meet a fair maiden who gifts them a fine steed. The verse radiates cooperative good fortune — multiple travelers sharing vision, an auspicious encounter producing tangible reward. The 'three men' may allude to the three founding advisors of early Zhou, though the identification is uncertain. From Coming to Meet to Pushing Upward, a tree grows slowly from within the earth: what begins as an encounter among equals develops into steady, organic ascent. Gou's meeting, shared among friends, multiplies into collective elevation.
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