巽 → 无妄
Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 25: Innocence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
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 2
九二 巽在牀下。用史巫。紛若。吉。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: Penetration under the bed. Priests and magicians are used in great number. Good fortune. No blame.
Line 3
九三 頻巽吝。
Nine in the third place means: Repeated penetration. Humiliation.
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
欲訪子車，善相欺紿。桓叔相迎，不見所期。
Wishing to visit Master Ziche; but met with cunning deceit. Lord Huan comes to greet him; yet the expected one appears not.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind upon wind transforms into heaven over thunder: the Gentle becomes Innocence. Wishing to visit the Zi Che family, one is deceived by a seemingly kind host. Lord Huan welcomes you warmly, but the person you sought is nowhere to be found. The verse describes a journey undertaken in good faith that ends in disappointment and possible treachery — the guide misleads, the destination proves empty. From The Gentle to Innocence, heaven above thunder means acting without ulterior motive, moving as nature moves. Yet here, innocence is exploited. The honest traveler walks into a trap precisely because he expects no deception. Innocence without vigilance becomes naivete, and the one who trusts without discernment finds himself manipulated.
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