巽 → 大過
Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).
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 6
上九 巽在牀下。喪其資斧。貞凶。
Nine at the top means: Penetration under the bed. He loses his property and his ax. Perseverance brings misfortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
晨風文翮，大舉就溫。過我成邑，羿无所得。
The morning wind with patterned wings; rises high, seeking warmth. Passing over our completed city; Yi the archer gains nothing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind upon wind transforms into lake over wind: the Gentle becomes Great Exceeding. The morning wind hawk with patterned wings rises grandly and flies toward warmth. It passes over my settled town — and even Archer Yi obtains nothing. The hawk's magnificent departure is unstoppable: feathered in beauty, soaring southward to escape the cold, it crosses overhead while the legendary archer stands helpless below. Yi, who shot down nine suns, cannot touch this bird. From The Gentle to Great Exceeding, the lake submerges the trees — extraordinary times call for extraordinary independence. The hawk embodies that independence: departing alone, rising beyond all pursuit, it exceeds every constraint that would hold it back.
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