升 → 艮
Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).
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 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
西戎獯鬻，病於我國。扶陝之岐，以保乾德。
The western Rong and Xianyun afflict our state. Holding the pass at Shan and Qi, one preserves the virtue of Qian.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wood grows within the earth, yet the western Rong and Xianyun barbarians plague the realm with raids and incursions. Defending the strategic passes of Shan and Qi, the people preserve their sovereign virtue and hold the line against chaos. The Xianyun were the nomadic raiders who menaced the Western Zhou frontier; their incursions tested the state's resilience across generations and forced the realm to choose between reckless advance and disciplined defense. Doubled mountain, the image of Keeping Still, counsels thinking that does not overstep its place. From Pushing Upward to Keeping Still, the ascending impulse reaches a point where movement must cease. Against the barbarian tide, the wisest response is to hold firm and let the mountain's stillness outlast the raider's fury.
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