漸 → 大有
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).
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.
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
老弱无子，不能自理。為民所憂，終不離咎。管子治國，侯伯賓服。乘輿八百，尊我桓德。
The old and frail without heirs cannot manage their own affairs; the people grieve for them, and misfortune never departs. But Guan Zhong governs the state; lords and earls submit as guests. With eight hundred chariots, they honor the virtue of Duke Huan.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain yields to fire above heaven: gradual development blossoms into great possession. The verse opens with decline: the old and weak have no heir, cannot manage affairs, and the people worry. Then it pivots sharply: Guan Zhong governs the state, marquises and earls submit as guests, eight hundred chariots rally, and Duke Huan's virtue is exalted. This is the transformation of Qi from a troubled state to the premier hegemony of the Spring and Autumn era. Guan Zhong, rising from poverty and imprisonment, gradually built the institutions that made Qi supreme. From Development to Great Possession, fire blazing above heaven illuminates all: the slow institutional work of the source hexagram manifests as abundant, radiating prosperity.
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