革 → 臨
Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 19: Approach
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 2
六二 巳日乃革之。征吉无咎。
Six in the second place means: When one's own day comes, one may create revolution. Starting brings good fortune. No blame.
Line 3
九三 征凶貞厲。革言三就。有孚。
Nine in the third place means: Starting brings misfortune. Perseverance brings danger. When talk of revolution has gone the rounds three times, One may commit himself, And men will believe him.
Line 4
九四 悔亡有孚。改命吉。
Nine in the fourth place means: Remorse disappears. Men believe him. Changing the form of government brings good fortune.
Line 5
九五 大人虎變。未占有孚。
Nine in the fifth place means: The great man changes like a tiger. Even before he questions the oracle He is believed.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
鼻移在項，枯葉傷生。下朽上榮，家擾不寧，失其金城。
The nose shifted to the nape; withered leaves harm the living. Below rotten, above flourishing; the household is troubled and restless, losing its fortress of gold.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire within the lake transforms into earth above the lake — Approach, where authority draws near. The nose has migrated to the back of the neck; withered leaves wound the living branch. Below rots while above still flourishes; the household is in turmoil, and its golden fortress is lost. Everything here is inverted: the nose, organ of discernment, sits where it cannot function. Dead foliage chokes the living shoot. The foundation decays while the crown appears healthy — a false prosperity concealing structural collapse. From Revolution to Approach, the dark resonance emerges: authority approaching a disordered system only hastens its ruin. The golden stronghold falls because its own structure is upside down.
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