漸 → 泰
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).
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 5
九五 鴻漸于陵。婦三歲不孕。終莫之勝。吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the summit. For three years the woman has no child. In the end nothing can hinder her. Good fortune.
Line 6
上九 鴻漸于陸。其羽可用為儀。吉。
Nine at the top means: The wild goose gradually draws near the clouds heights. Its feathers can be used for the sacred dance. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
穿空漏徹，破壞我缺。陶弗能治，瓦甓不鑿。
Pierced through, riddled with holes; broken and ruined, I am undone. The potter cannot mend it; bricks and tiles will not be carved.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain descends to earth over heaven: gradual growth confronts a vessel riddled with holes. Pierced through and leaking everywhere, broken and deficient. The potter cannot mend it; tiles and bricks refuse the chisel. What has decayed beyond a certain point resists all repair. The image is devastating in its finality: no craft, no tool, no patience can restore what is fundamentally shattered. From Development to Peace, the transformation is paradoxical. Peace's image of heaven and earth in communion promises harmony, yet the verse insists the vessel is beyond saving. Perhaps the lesson is that true peace requires starting fresh rather than patching the irreparable. Gradual effort cannot redeem what was flawed from the foundation.
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