升 → 渙
Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 59: Dispersion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
Line 3
九三 升虛邑。
Nine in the third place means: One pushes upward into an empty city.
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
迎福開戶，喜隨我後。康伯愷悌，治民以禮。
Opening the door to welcome blessings, joy follows in our wake. Kangbo, kind and benevolent, governs the people with propriety.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wood grows within the earth as the door is opened wide to welcome blessings, and joy follows close behind like a faithful companion. Kangbo — likely referring to Kang Shu of Wei or his descendant Wei Kangbo — governs with gracious benevolence and easy warmth, administering the people through ritual propriety rather than harsh punishment. The Shangshu's 'Kangao' chapter records the Duke of Zhou's instructions to Kang Shu on governing the former Shang territories with virtue and measured fairness. Wind over water, the image of Dispersion, dissolves rigidity through gentle penetration. From Pushing Upward to Dispersion, the ascending impulse reaches outward, dispersing accumulated benefit like wind spreading across water. Governance at its best scatters blessing broadly.
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