中孚 → 升
Hexagram 61: Inner Truth → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 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 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
囁囁處懼，昧冥相摶。多言少實，語无成事。
Whispering in fear; confused in the darkness, grasping at each other. Many words, little substance; talk that accomplishes nothing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind stirs above the lake, but only whispering fear and dark confusion. People grope and grapple in the murk. Many words, little substance; talk accomplishes nothing. The verse paints a world of noise without signal: fearful muttering, blind wrestling, promises that evaporate. From Inner Truth to Pushing Upward, sincerity should yield to wood growing steadily within the earth — the patient, methodical rise. Yet the verse shows the antithesis: no discipline, no rootedness, no slow accumulation. The whisperers cannot push upward because they have no foundation to grow from. Pushing Upward requires silence and depth; this verse offers only agitated chatter, the froth that rises but never solidifies into real ascent.
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