漸 → 大畜
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 26: Great Taming
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 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 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
襁褓孩幼，冠帶成家。出門如賓，父母何憂？
Swaddled as an infant; capped and sashed, he establishes a household. Going out the door like an honored guest; what worry have father and mother?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain meets mountain containing heaven: gradual development is stored and accumulated in Great Taming. A child in swaddling clothes grows into a youth wearing cap and sash, establishing a household. When he leaves home, he conducts himself as a guest would before a host. What have the parents to worry about? The verse traces the entire arc of upbringing: from helpless infant to self-possessed adult, each stage unfolding in its proper time. From Development to Great Taming, the tree growing slowly on the mountain now internalizes heaven itself. The mountain stores heaven's creative power within, just as the well-raised child stores the parents' teaching within his character. Gradual cultivation, fully absorbed, renders external supervision unnecessary.
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