困 → 巽
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
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 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
鼓腋大喜，行婚飲酒。嘉彼諸姜，樂我皇考。
Beating the breast in great delight, the marriage feast flows with wine. Praising the noble Jiang clan, bringing joy to our royal ancestors.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake without water, yet drums beat and great joy fills the air. A wedding feast is underway; wine flows freely. The daughters of the Jiang clan are praised as brides, and the ancestral father is honored with delight. 'Zhu Jiang' (the various Jiang ladies) refers to women of the Jiang surname, which included the ruling house of Qi. The Shijing frequently celebrates marriages with Jiang-surname women as emblems of proper alliance. The feast that honors the ancestors through a new marriage unites past and future in a single celebration. From Oppression to the Gentle, doubled wind penetrates all things, and the gentleman issues commands and carries out affairs. The wedding's gentle joy disperses oppression the way wind scatters stale air, renewing the household through alliance.
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