漸 → 中孚
Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
牝馬鳴哅，呼求其潦。雲雨大會，流成河海。
The mare neighs and cries aloud, calling for her waters. Clouds and rain converge in a great meeting; flowing, they become river and sea.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over mountain meets wind above lake: gradual development deepens into Inner Truth. A mare whinnies loudly, calling for rainwater to quench her thirst. Clouds and rain converge in a great assembly, flowing into rivers and seas. The mare's call is instinctive and sincere, a cry from genuine need that heaven answers with a deluge. From Development to Inner Truth, wind stirs above the lake, and the gentleman deliberates on justice with clemency. Inner Truth's empty center, like the wind-hollowed bamboo, creates resonance that carries across distance. The mare's neigh carries because it is honest. Gradual cultivation of sincerity produces the kind of call that summons the universe's response: clouds gather not from compulsion but from sympathetic vibration.
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