困 → 頤
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 27: Nourishment
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 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 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 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.
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
養雞生雛，畜馬得駒。明堂太學，君子所居。
Raising chickens that hatch chicks, keeping horses that bear foals. The Hall of Light and the Grand Academy, where the virtuous man resides.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake without water, yet chickens are raised and produce chicks, horses are bred and yield foals. The Bright Hall and the Grand Academy stand ready, the places where the gentleman resides. The Mingtang was the sacred hall where the Son of Heaven conducted ritual governance, and the Taixue the imperial academy for cultivating talent. The verse pairs biological nourishment with institutional nourishment: animals multiply naturally, scholars are trained deliberately. Both require patient cultivation. From Oppression to Nourishment, the mountain rests above thunder, and the gentleman is careful in speech and moderate in diet. Nourishment, whether of livestock or scholars, demands restraint and attention. What was drained in oppression refills through the disciplined work of raising the next generation.
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