渙 → 豫
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 渙奔其机。悔亡。
Nine in the second place means: At the dissolution He hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears.
Line 4
六四 渙其羣元吉。渙有丘。匪夷所思。
Six in the fourth place means: He dissolves his bond with his group. Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation. This is something that ordinary men do not think of.
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
伯仲旅行，南求大䍧。長孟病足，倩季負囊。柳下之貞，不失驪黃。
The elder and second brother travel together, seeking great rams in the south. The eldest has an injured foot, so the youngest carries the packs. With the integrity of Liu Xia, they do not lose sight of bay and black.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over water scatters a band of brothers southward. The eldest and second brother travel together seeking a great ram, but the eldest falls lame and the youngest must shoulder the baggage. Then the verse pivots to 'Liuxia's constancy' — the rectitude of Liuxia Hui, the Spring and Autumn sage renowned for holding firm to principle regardless of circumstance. His steadfastness ensures that essentials are preserved even as appearances shift, 'not losing the dark and the yellow' — a horse-judging idiom meaning one does not mistake the substance for the surface. Thunder rising from the earth forms the image of Enthusiasm. From Dispersion to Enthusiasm, the brothers' scattered fortunes are redeemed by principled constancy: even when the strongest falters, the youngest bears forward, and Liuxia's unshakable integrity keeps the core intact.
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