渙 → 兌
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 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 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
昭公失常，季女悖狂。遜齊處野，喪其寵光。
Duke Zhao lost his proper way; the Ji woman fell to wild madness. Yielding to Qi, dwelling in the wilds, they lost their favor and glory.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over water scatters a ruler from his own throne. Duke Zhao of Lu lost his bearings, and a Lady Ji — perhaps one of the Ji clan women who participated in the factional struggle — acted wildly, overstepping all bounds. The duke fled to Qi, dwelling in the wilderness, his authority and glory extinguished. This echoes the historical episode of 517 BC, when Duke Zhao of Lu was expelled by the powerful Jisun clan and died in exile without recovering his state. Doubled lake creates the image of the Joyous — mutual delight, open communication, friends learning together. From Dispersion to the Joyous, the verse is grimly ironic: the joy of open exchange requires a ground of stability that the scattered duke no longer possesses. His exile is the negation of everything the Joyous promises.
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