漸 → 大過
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).
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 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
鷹鸇獵食，雉兔困極。逃頭見尾，為害所賊。
Hawks and falcons hunt for food; pheasant and hare are pressed to the limit. Heads dodge but tails are caught; destroyed by the predator's harm.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain gives way to lake submerging wind: gradual development is overwhelmed by the excess of Great Exceeding. Hawks and falcons hunt their prey; pheasants and hares are driven to desperation. Trying to hide the head, the tail is exposed; harm catches what it stalks. The predator-prey dynamic here is merciless: the hunted creature cannot conceal itself, and every evasion reveals a new vulnerability. From Development to Great Exceeding, the lake drowns the trees beneath it, the ridgepole sags under unbearable weight. What was gradually growing is now crushed by superior force. The pheasant's futile dodging resonates with Great Exceeding's central warning: when the structure is overloaded, collapse is not a matter of if but when, and the small cannot outrun the overwhelming.
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