兌 → 謙
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 15: Modesty
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1
初九 和兌吉。
Nine at the beginning means: Contented joyousness. Good fortune.
Line 2
九二 孚兌吉。悔亡。
Nine in the second place means: Sincere joyousness. Good fortune. Remorse disappears.
Line 3
六三 來兌凶。
Six in the third place means: Coming joyousness. Misfortune.
Line 4
九四 商兌未寧。介疾有喜。
Nine in the fourth place means: Joyousness that is weighed is not at peace. After ridding himself of mistakes a man has joy.
Line 5
九五 孚于剝。有厲。
Nine in the fifth place means: Sincerity toward disintegrating influences is dangerous.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
葛生衍蔓，絺綌為願。家道篤厚，父兄悅喜。
Kudzu grows and spreads its vines; fine summer cloth is the wish. The household way is rich and sincere; father and elder brother rejoice.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Paired lakes nourish the vine that spreads across the earth — the image of Modesty, where the mountain hides within the ground. Kudzu vines trail and ramble; from them, fine cloth is woven to fulfill the household's wish. The family thrives in honest abundance, and father and elder brother rejoice. The Shijing ode 'Ge Tan' celebrates women gathering kudzu to weave summer garments, a symbol of domestic industry and contentment. From The Joyous to Modesty, delight roots itself in simple, productive virtue. The mountain concealed beneath earth is wealth that does not flaunt itself — a household whose prosperity grows from steady labor rather than display.
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