革 → 大畜
Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 26: Great Taming
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
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 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.
Line 6
上六 君子豹變。小人革面。征凶。居貞吉。
Six at the top means: The superior man changes like a panther. The inferior man molts in the face. Starting brings misfortune. To remain persevering brings good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
天門開闢，牢戶寥廓，桎梏解脫，拘囚縱釋。
The city gate bursts open; banners billow like clouds. Ten thousand citizens line the road, welcoming the new lord.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire within the lake transforms into heaven stored within the mountain — Great Taming, where power is accumulated and held. The original verse reads: 'Heaven's gate opens wide; prison doors stand vast and empty. Fetters and shackles are removed; the imprisoned are set free.' Revolution achieves its most dramatic result: liberation. The gates of heaven swing open as earthly prisons empty, chains fall away, and captives walk free. From Revolution to Great Taming, the transformation reveals that true containment of power begins with release: the mountain stores heaven not by constricting it but by providing a frame vast enough to hold it. Freedom, properly channeled, becomes the greatest accumulation of virtue.
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