中孚 → 謙
Hexagram 61: Inner Truth → Hexagram 15: Modesty
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1
初九 虞吉。有他不燕。
Nine at the beginning means: Being prepared brings good fortune. If there are secret designs, it is disquieting.
Line 2
九二 鳴鶴在陰。其子和之。我有好爵。吾與爾靡之。
Nine in the second place means: A crane calling in the shade. Its young answers it. I have a good goblet. I will share it with you.
Line 3
六三 得敵。或鼓或罷。或泣或歌。
Six in the third place means: He finds a comrade. Now he beats the drum, now he stops. Now he sobs, now he sings.
Line 5
九五 有孚攣如。无咎。
Nine in the fifth place means: He possesses truth, which links together. No blame.
Line 6
上九 翰音登于天。貞凶。
Nine at the top means: Cockcrow penetrating to heaven. Perseverance brings misfortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
齊魯爭言，戰於龍門。搆怨結禍，三世不安。
Wildfire burns the forest — left and right, all are harmed. Wind feeds the flames; not one tree is spared.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind stirs above the lake, but the original verse speaks of Qi and Lu locked in bitter dispute, warring at Dragon Gate. Enmity compounds into lasting calamity; three generations find no peace. The conflict between Qi and Lu was among the most persistent of the Spring and Autumn period, with border skirmishes and diplomatic betrayals spanning decades. 'Three generations without peace' captures the self-perpetuating nature of interstate grudges. From Inner Truth to Modesty, sincerity should yield to the mountain hidden within the earth — power concealed beneath humility. Yet the verse shows what happens when pride replaces restraint: escalation, inherited hatred, and a wound that festers across generations because neither side will lower its mountain first.
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