渙 → 泰
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 11: Peace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 用拯馬壯吉。
Six at the beginning means: He brings help with the strength of a horse. Good fortune.
Line 3
六三 渙其躬。无悔。
Six in the third place means: He dissolves his self. No remorse.
Line 5
九五 渙汗其大號。渙。王居无咎。
Nine in the fifth place means: His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat. Dissolution! A king abides without blame.
Line 6
上九 渙其血。去逖出。无咎。
Nine at the top means: He dissolves his blood. Departing, keeping at a distance, going out, Is without blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
男女合室，二姓同食。婚姻孔云，宜我多孫。
Man and woman share one chamber; two surnames eat at one table. This marriage is greatly blessed; it will bring us many grandchildren.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind disperses over water, but here the waters merge in celebration. Man and woman share a household, two surnames eat at one table — marriage unites what was separate. The verse invokes the classical blessing: the union is auspicious, promising abundant descendants. This echoes the Shijing's celebration of fertile, harmonious wedlock. Earth below, heaven above descend to meet in Peace — the trigrams exchanging energies in perfect communion. From Dispersion to Peace, the scattering of individual isolation gives way to the most fundamental human gathering. What wind scattered, marriage reassembles: two streams converging into one household, the very opposite of dissolution.
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