升 → 同人
Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 13: Fellowship
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 允升大吉。
Six at the beginning means: Pushing upward that meets with confidence Brings great good fortune.
Line 2
九二 孚乃利用禴。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: If one is sincere, It furthers one to bring even a small offering. No blame.
Line 4
六四 王用亨于岐山。吉。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The king offers him Mount Ch'i. Good fortune. No blame.
Line 5
六五 貞吉升階。
Six in the fifth place means: Perseverance brings good fortune. One pushes upward by steps.
Line 6
上六 冥升。利于不息之貞。
Six at the top means: Pushing upward in darkness. It furthers one To be unremittingly persevering.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
濟河踰阨，脫母怵惕。四叔為衛，使惠不廢。
Crossing the river, passing through the narrows; freeing the mother from terror. The four uncles defend Wei, ensuring Lord Hui is not deposed.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wood grows within the earth, and someone crosses the Yellow River through perilous narrows, rescuing a mother from danger and distress. The 'four uncles' defend the state of Wei, ensuring that Duke Hui's line endures and is not extinguished. When the Di barbarians destroyed Wei in 660 BC, loyal retainers rallied to reconstitute the state at Cao and then at Chu Qiu. The verse celebrates those who risked their lives to preserve a threatened lineage and its governing institutions. Heaven and fire combine in the image of Fellowship: people of shared purpose uniting across barriers. From Pushing Upward to Fellowship, the slow growth of loyalty through hardship becomes the bond that transcends danger and distance.
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