兌 → 旅
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer
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
雉兔之東，以理為傷。見鷹驚走，死於谷口。
The pheasant and rabbit head east, taking what seems a reasonable path. Seeing the hawk they flee in terror, dying at the valley's mouth.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Paired lakes meet fire on the mountain — The Wanderer, the traveler far from home who must tread carefully. A pheasant and rabbit head east, pursuing their reason yet inviting harm. Spotting a hawk, they bolt in panic and die at the mouth of the valley. The small creatures' error is twofold: they moved in the wrong direction and failed to see the predator in time. From The Joyous to The Wanderer, the verse maps joy's dissolution into the vulnerability of displacement. Fire on the mountain moves swiftly but has no permanent home. The wanderer who does not read the terrain — who runs toward the valley mouth rather than away — finds that flight itself becomes the trap.
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