節 → 賁
Hexagram 60: Limitation → Hexagram 22: Grace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 2
九二 不出門庭。凶。
Nine in the second place means: Not going out of the gate and the courtyard Brings misfortune.
Line 3
六三 不節若。則嗟若。无咎。
Six in the third place means: He who knows no limitation Will have cause to lament. No blame.
Line 5
九五 甘節吉。往有尚。
Nine in the fifth place means: Sweet limitation brings good fortune. Going brings esteem.
Line 6
上六 苦節貞凶。悔亡。
Six at the top means: Galling limitation. Perseverance brings misfortune. Remorse disappears.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
喜樂抃躍，來迎名家。鵲巢百兩，獲利養福。
Joyful, exuberant, clapping and leaping; coming to welcome the renowned family. Magpies nest as a hundred carts arrive; gaining profit, nurturing blessings.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Water over lake sets decorum, and here decorum blossoms into celebration. Clapping and leaping for joy, guests arrive to welcome a distinguished family. Magpies nest and a hundred wedding carriages roll — the double image of domestic happiness and prosperous alliance. The 'hundred liang' echoes the Shijing wedding ode where a bride departs with a grand retinue of carriages. Profit is gained and blessings nourished. From Limitation to Grace, the transformation adorns the structure with beauty. Fire glows beneath the mountain, illuminating without consuming — elegance that enhances rather than overwhelms. Limitation's measured framework becomes Grace's ornamental refinement, proving that true beauty emerges not from excess but from form perfectly observed.
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