渙 → 益
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 42: Increase
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 2).
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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
胸長景行，來觀桑柘。上伯日喜，都叔允藏。
Walking the high road with broad stride, inspecting mulberry and paper-mulberry. Lord Shang Bo rejoices daily; Lord Du Shu stores it away.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over water disperses across a broad and prosperous landscape. Travelers with expansive vision walk a scenic path, coming to observe the mulberry and the paper-mulberry — trees of practical wealth in the ancient economy, providing silk and paper. The elder brother rejoices daily, the younger brother dwells content. The imagery is of abundance viewed and appreciated from a generous vantage point. Wind and thunder create the image of Increase — the ruler diminishing the upper to benefit the lower. From Dispersion to Increase, wind that scatters also distributes. The travelers who survey the mulberry groves witness dispersal operating as generosity: resources spread outward so that both elder and younger find sufficiency. What is scattered becomes shared.
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