渙 → 夬
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 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 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 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
周師伐紂，勝于牧野。甲子平旦，天下大喜。
Zhou's army attacked Zhou of Shang, victorious at the Wilds of Mu. At dawn on the jiazi day, all under heaven rejoiced greatly.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over water scatters the old order, and here King Wu's army strikes the decisive blow. The Zhou forces attacked King Zhou of Shang, prevailing at the Battle of Muye. At the jiazi dawn — the same cyclical day marker as the Book of Documents' Oath at Mu — the world erupted in celebration. This is the paradigmatic just revolution in Chinese history: tyranny dispersed by righteous force. The lake rising to heaven forms the image of Breakthrough — the floodwater reaching the sky, the moment when accumulated pressure bursts through. From Dispersion to Breakthrough, the scattering of Shang's corrupt power is the definitive breakthrough. The jiazi dawn marks both an ending and a beginning: the old completely swept away, the new surging irresistibly forward.
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