漸 → 隨
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 17: Following
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 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 3
九三 鴻漸于陸。夫征不復。婦孕不育。凶。利禦寇。
Nine in the third place means: The wild goose gradually draws near the plateau. The man goes forth and does not return. The woman carries a child but does not bring it forth. Misfortune. It furthers one to fight off robbers.
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 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
聞虎入邑，必欲逃匿，無據易德。不見霍叔，終无憂慝。
Hearing a tiger has entered the town, all rush to flee and hide; no ground to stand on, virtue wavers. Without seeing Huo Shu, in the end there is no hidden evil.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain meets lake over thunder: gradual development shifts into adaptive following. Hearing that a tiger has entered the town, one naturally wants to flee and hide; without a secure position, one's resolve wavers easily. Yet consider Huo Shu, one of the Three Monitors who rebelled against the Duke of Zhou: had one never seen him, there would have been no worry or wickedness to contend with. The verse counsels avoidance rather than confrontation. From Development to Following, the patient cultivation of the source hexagram adapts to the target's wisdom: thunder resting within the lake at nightfall, the gentleman retreats and rests. Following means knowing when to withdraw from danger rather than standing firm against a tiger that has already entered the gates.
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