渙 → 臨
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 19: Approach
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 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 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
追亡逐北，呼還幼叔。至止而得，復歸其室。
Pursuing the fleeing, chasing the routed; calling back the young uncle. Reaching the destination, he is found; he returns again to his home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind scatters over water, sending people fleeing in all directions — and here someone pursues the defeated northward, calling back a young uncle. The chase succeeds: the fugitive is reached and brought home to his own household. This speaks of recovery after rout, the act of reclaiming what dispersion scattered. Earth above the lake creates the image of Approach — authority drawing near with benevolence, like rising water that reaches the shore at the right moment. From Dispersion to Approach, the dynamic shifts from scattering to gathering-in. The one who pursues the fleeing kinsman embodies Approach's essence: active, compassionate reach that restores the scattered to their proper place before the moment passes.
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