漸 → 乾
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 1: The Creative
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).
Line 1
初六 鴻漸于干。小子厲有言。無咎。
Six at the beginning means: The wild goose gradually draws near the shore. The young son is in danger. There is talk. No blame.
Line 2
六二 鴻漸于磐。飲食衎衎。吉。
Six in the second place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the cliff. Eating and drinking in peace and concord. Good fortune.
Line 4
六四 鴻漸于木。或得其桷。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: The wild goose goes gradually draws near the tree. Perhaps it will find a flat branch. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
旦種菽荳，暮成藿羹。心之所願，志快意愜。
At dawn plant beans and pulses; by evening, a stew of greens. What the heart desires, the will attains in full contentment.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain: trees grow slowly on the peak, yet the verse envisions instant fulfillment. Beans planted at dawn become broth by dusk; the heart's deepest wish is met with swift and total contentment. This telescopes the gradual into the instantaneous, a fantasy of effort rewarded without delay. The transformation from Development to the Creative captures this extraordinary surge: what grew patiently on the mountainside now encounters pure heaven, where initiative generates its own momentum and strength perpetuates itself. Gradual cultivation, once complete, releases self-sustaining creative force. The verse promises that disciplined patience will be repaid not incrementally but in a single, exhilarating burst of fulfillment.
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