困 → 中孚
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 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 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
絲紵布帛，人所衣服。摻摻女手，紡績善織。南國饒足，取之有息。
Silk and ramie, cloth and hemp, what all people wear. With slender womanly hands, they spin and weave with skill. The southern lands have plenty; taking from them, there is always surplus.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A lake without water, yet silk and ramie, cloth and fabric are what people wear. Slender feminine hands spin thread and weave skillfully. The southern lands overflow with abundance, and taking from them yields enduring returns. The verse celebrates the textile economy: raw fiber transformed into cloth by women's patient labor, a self-renewing source of wealth. The 'slender hands' (xian xian nu shou) echo the Shijing's praise of feminine beauty through skillful work. From Oppression to Inner Truth, wind over the lake, the gentleman deliberates on criminal cases and stays executions. Inner Truth's hollow center, open like the wind instrument that needs emptiness to sound, resonates with the loom's shuttle passing through the warp. The women's faithful industry is itself a form of zhongfu: inner sincerity made material through steady, honest labor.
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