困 → 泰
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1
初六 臀困于株木。入于幽谷。三歲不覿。
Six at the beginning means: One sits oppressed under a bare tree And strays into a gloomy valley. For three years one sees nothing.
Line 3
六三 困于石。據于蒺蔾。入于其宮。不見其妻。凶。
Six in the third place means: A man permits himself to be oppressed by stone, And leans on thorns and thistles. He enters the house and does not see his wife. Misfortune.
Line 4
九四 來徐徐。困于金車。吝。有終。
Nine in the fourth place means: He comes very quietly, oppressed in a golden carriage. Humiliation, but the end is reached.
Line 5
九五 劓刖。困于赤紱。乃徐有說。利用祭祀。
Nine in the fifth place means: His nose and feet are cut off. Oppression at the hands of the man with the purple knee bands. Joy comes softly. It furthers one to make offerings and libations.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
陰雲四方，日在中央。人雖昏霧，我獨昭明。
Yin clouds gather from every quarter, yet the sun stands at the center. Though others are lost in haze and fog, I alone shine with brilliance.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake without water, yet the sun stands firm at the center while dark clouds press in from all four directions. Others stumble through fog; I alone remain luminous. The verse captures the experience of inner clarity maintained against external oppression, the sage who keeps his light burning when the world goes dark. From Oppression to Peace, heaven and earth exchange their energies in the most harmonious of all hexagrams. The isolated sun is no longer alone: when the yin clouds of oppression finally yield, heaven descends and earth rises to meet it. The one who preserved clarity through the darkest hour finds that the world has turned to match his inner state. Solitary illumination becomes universal peace.
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