困 → 大有
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).
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 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.
Line 6
上六 困于葛藟。于臲卼。曰動悔有悔。征吉。
Six at the top means: He is oppressed by creeping vines. He moves uncertainly and says, "Movement brings remorse. " If one feels remorse over this and makes a start, Good fortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
三女為姦，俱遊高園。背室夜行，與伯笑言。禍及乃身，冤死誰禱？
Three women conspire in wickedness, roaming together in the high garden. Leaving the chamber to walk by night, they laugh and talk with the lord. Disaster reaches their very persons; who will pray for the wrongly slain?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake without water, and three women conspire together, strolling through the high garden. They leave their chambers at night, laughing and talking with the eldest son. Disaster reaches them in person; they die unjustly, with no one to pray for their souls. The verse warns of illicit nocturnal liaisons that bring ruin to all parties. The 'three women' may echo classical warnings about feminine influence undermining court order, a recurring motif in the Yilin. From Oppression to Great Possession, fire blazes above heaven. The transformation is paradoxical: what should be abundant luminosity is instead squandered on scandal. Great Possession demands suppressing evil and promoting good; here the fire's brilliance only exposes the wrongdoing more completely, sealing the participants' doom.
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