姤 → 小過
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 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 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
三虎上山，更相噬囓。心志不親，如仇與怨。
Three tigers ascend the mountain, biting and tearing at one another. Hearts and wills know no kinship; like enemies and foes.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind beneath heaven drives three tigers up a single mountain. Confined to the same territory, they tear at one another: hearts are not close, and their bond is that of enemies and grudge-holders. The image is stark — apex predators forced into proximity, competing for the same resources, their mutual hostility escalating to violence. There is no prey to hunt; they hunt each other. From Coming to Meet to Small Exceeding, thunder perches atop the mountain in precarious excess — the small overstepping the great. Gou's encounter packs too much power into too small a space. Three tigers on one mountain is a political metaphor for rival strongmen sharing a domain that can sustain only one.
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