旅 → 大有
Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Line 2
六二 旅即次。懷其資。得童僕貞。
Six in the second place means: The wanderer comes to an inn. He has his property with him. He wins the steadfastness of a young servant.
Line 4
九四 旅于處。得其資斧。我心不快。
Nine in the fourth place means: The wanderer rests in a shelter. He obtains his property and an ax. My heart is not glad.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
東入海口，循流北走。一高一下，五色無主。七日六夜，死於水浦。
Entering the sea's mouth to the east, following the current northward. Rising and falling, five colors in chaos; seven days and six nights, death at the water's edge.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire on the mountain gives way to a harrowing sea journey. The traveler enters the river mouth heading east, then follows the current northward, tossed high and low, dazzled by shifting colors without any anchor. After seven days and six nights of drifting, he perishes on the waterside. The rhythmic enumeration — seven days, six nights — conveys exhaustion stretched to its limit. From The Wanderer to Great Possession, fire blazes above heaven, an image of supreme abundance. Yet the verse depicts its inverse: the wanderer who enters the vast waters without preparation possesses nothing, not even his life. Great Possession demands the wisdom to channel abundance; without it, the traveler is swallowed by the very enormity he sought to navigate.
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