歸妹 → 大有
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).
Line 3
六三 歸妹以須。反歸以娣。
Six in the third place means: The marrying maiden as a slave. She marries as a concubine.
Line 6
上六 女承筐无實。士刲羊无血。无攸利。
Six at the top means: The woman holds the basket, but there are no fruits in it. The man stabs the sheep, but no blood flows. Nothing that acts to further.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
依宵夜遊，與君相遭。除解煩惑，使心不憂。
Leaning on the night, wandering abroad; encountering you by chance. Cares and confusions dispelled; the heart is freed from worry.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder over lake ascends to fire over heaven: the maiden's constrained role opens into Great Possession's radiant abundance. Wandering through the night, one encounters a lord by chance. Anxieties and confusions dissolve; the heart is freed from worry. The verse captures an unexpected meeting in darkness that brings illumination and relief, a nocturnal encounter that resolves what daylight could not. From the Marrying Maiden to Great Possession, the transformation lifts fire above heaven, blazing with supreme clarity. The darkness of wandering yields to the brilliance of recognition. Great Possession's image demands suppressing evil and promoting good in accordance with heaven's mandate. The verse suggests that deliverance sometimes arrives not through planning but through a fortunate encounter that dispels accumulated doubt.
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