艮 → 小畜
Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain → Hexagram 9: Small Taming
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).
Line 1
初六 艮其趾。无咎。利永貞。
Six at the beginning means: Keeping his toes still. No blame. Continued perseverance furthers.
Line 2
六二 艮其腓。不拯其隨。其心不快。
Six in the second place means: Keeping his calves still. He cannot rescue him whom he follows. His heart is not glad.
Line 5
六五 艮其輔。言有序。悔亡。
Six in the fifth place means: Keeping his jaws still. The words have order. Remorse disappears.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
辰次降婁，王駕巡時。廣祐德惠，國安无憂。
The star-lodge rests at Jianglou; the king's chariot tours the season. Broadly bestowing virtue and grace, the realm is peaceful and free from worry.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Twin mountains stand still as the celestial calendar aligns with the lodge of Jianglu, and the king sets forth on his seasonal inspection. Under this auspicious conjunction, broad protection and virtuous grace extend across the realm, and the state rests free from worry. Jianglu (降婁) is one of the twelve Jupiter stations in Han-dynasty astrology, marking a propitious time for royal progress. From Keeping Still to Small Taming, mountain yields to wind moving above heaven. The wind's gentle influence refines what heaven has already set in motion. The king's tour is not conquest but cultivation — like a breeze that polishes virtue into brilliance. Stillness releases into soft, pervasive influence.
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