姤 → 震
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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 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
一身三口，莫適所與。為孺子牛，田氏主咎。
One person, three mouths to feed; none to turn to for help. Playing the cow for the young child; the Tian clan bears the blame.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven hides a usurper behind a nursemaid's mask. 'One body, three mouths' — three dependents compete for a single patron's resources, and there is no one to give to. The verse then invokes the tale of 'playing ox for the child': Duke Jing of Qi loved his young son Ru so dearly that he would get on all fours and let the boy ride him with a rope in his mouth. The Tian clan exploited this doting weakness, eventually killing the prince and seizing power. From Coming to Meet to The Arousing, doubled thunder shakes the foundations. Gou's encounter with indulgence triggers a violent awakening: what seemed like harmless affection concealed the Tian clan's ambition, and the thunder of their coup shattered the ducal house.
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