兌 → 无妄
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 25: Innocence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).
Line 2
九二 孚兌吉。悔亡。
Nine in the second place means: Sincere joyousness. Good fortune. Remorse disappears.
Line 6
上六 引兌。
Six at the top means: Seductive joyousness.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
結網得解，受福安坐，終无患禍。
The knotted net finds release; one receives blessing and sits at ease. In the end there is no trouble or calamity.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Paired lakes open to heaven's thunder — Innocence, where all things move in accord with their nature. Nets once knotted now come loose; blessings arrive as one sits at ease, and in the end no disaster befalls. The image of a net untangling itself suggests that problems resolve naturally when one does not force outcomes. From The Joyous to Innocence, joy merges with the spontaneity of correct action. Thunder moves beneath heaven and all things flourish without contrivance. The sage-king nurtures the myriad creatures by responding to the season, not by grasping. Blessings received while sitting still are the hallmark of innocence preserved.
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