漸 → 睽
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 38: Opposition
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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 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
設罟捕魚，反得居諸。員困竭忠，伍氏夷誅。
Setting nets to catch fish, instead one hauls up a clay vessel. Yuan was trapped though he exhausted his loyalty; the house of Wu was leveled and slain.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain meets fire over lake: gradual development enters the estrangement of Opposition. One sets a net to catch fish but snares the sun instead. Yuan trapped and exhausted his loyalty; the Wu clan was exterminated root and branch. 'Yuan' likely refers to Wu Yuan, that is, Wu Zixu, whose personal name was Yuan. Wu Zixu exhausted his loyalty serving the state of Wu, warning King Fuchai against complacency toward Yue, but was slandered by Bo Pi and forced to commit suicide. His clan, the Wu family, was destroyed. From Development to Opposition, fire and lake move in opposite directions, never meeting. The loyal minister's gradual, painstaking service is repaid with execution. What was meant to catch fish catches the sun: the net of loyalty ensnares its own weaver.
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