巽 → 大有
Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).
Line 1
初六 進退。利武人之貞。
Six at the beginning means: In advancing and in retreating, The perseverance of a warrior furthers.
Line 4
六四 悔亡。田獲三品。
Six in the fourth place means: Remorse vanishes. During the hunt Three kinds of game are caught.
Line 5
九五 貞吉悔亡。无不利。无初有終。先庚三日。後庚三日。吉。
Nine in the fifth place means: Perseverance brings good fortune. Remorse vanishes. Nothing that does not further. No beginning, but an end. Before the change, three days. After the change, three days. Good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
陶朱白圭，善賈息貲。公子王孫，富利不貧。
Tao Zhu, Bai Gui; skilled merchants who multiplied their wealth. Noble sons and princes; rich in profit, never poor.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind upon wind transforms into fire over heaven: the Gentle becomes Great Possession. Tao Zhu and Bai Gui, master merchants who multiplied wealth through shrewd trading — Fan Li, who after helping Goujian destroy Wu retired to become the fabulously rich Tao Zhu Gong, and Bai Gui, the Warring States grain trader whom Sima Qian called the 'ancestor of managing livelihood.' Princes and nobles prosper without falling into poverty. From The Gentle to Great Possession, wind's persistent penetration finds its most worldly fulfillment. Fire blazing above heaven illuminates all — and here that brilliance is commercial acumen. The gentle art of reading markets, timing purchases, and compounding returns transforms patient observation into magnificent abundance.
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