困 → 无妄
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 25: Innocence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 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 2
九二 困于酒食。朱紱方來。利用享祀。征凶无咎。
Nine in the second place means: One is oppressed while at meat and drink. The man with the scarlet knee bands is just coming. It furthers one to offer sacrifice. To set forth brings misfortune. No blame.
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
戴山崔嵬，曰高无頹。君主好德，賜以家國。
Bearing the mountain, steep and lofty, rising high without collapse. The sovereign lord cherishes virtue; he is granted both household and state.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake without water, yet a towering mountain is borne aloft, lofty and uncrumbling. The ruler cherishes virtue and bestows upon the worthy a household and a state. The image of carrying a mountain on one's back suggests extraordinary endurance and capacity. The mountain that does not crumble symbolizes moral solidity that no oppression can erode. From Oppression to Innocence, heaven moves with thunder beneath it, and all beings partake of spontaneous sincerity. The virtuous ruler governs not through contrivance but through alignment with heaven's natural course. The bestowal of a fiefdom is not a political calculation but an act of genuine recognition, as inevitable as thunder following heaven's movement. True innocence cannot be exhausted.
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