漸 → 訟
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 6: Conflict
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
麟鳳所翔，國无咎殃。賈市十倍，復歸惠鄉。
Where qilin and phoenix soar, the kingdom knows no calamity. Trade profits tenfold; all returns to the bountiful land.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain gives way to heaven over water: gradual development meets the reckoning of Conflict. Yet the verse paints no dispute. Qilin and phoenix soar together; the realm knows neither fault nor calamity. Merchants profit tenfold, and all returns to the blessed village. When auspicious creatures appear, the world is in harmony; when trade flourishes, the social order holds. From Development to Conflict, the transformation is counter-intuitive: Conflict's image is heaven and water moving in opposite directions, yet the verse resolves the tension before it erupts. By planning well from the beginning, as the hexagram counsels, the merchant secures his gains and returns home. Gradual groundwork forestalls the very disputes that Conflict embodies.
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