兌 → 賁
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 22: Grace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
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.
Line 6
上六 引兌。
Six at the top means: Seductive joyousness.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
公孫駕驪，載遊東齊。延陵說產，遺我紵衣。
Lord Gongsun drives his black horses, traveling to visit Eastern Qi. Yanling speaks with Zichan, who presents me with a ramie robe.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Paired lakes illuminate the mountain below with fire — Grace, the hexagram of refined adornment. A nobleman drives a team of black horses to visit eastern Qi. There Yanling Ji Zha speaks with Zi Chan of Zheng and presents him a garment of fine ramie cloth. According to the Zuo Zhuan, when Ji Zha visited Zheng, he and Zi Chan exchanged gifts like old friends: Ji Zha offered a white silk sash, and Zi Chan gave ramie garments in return. Their friendship transcended state boundaries through the grace of ritual exchange. From The Joyous to Grace, delight is refined into cultural elegance — the beauty of diplomacy conducted through gifts and genuine mutual respect.
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