小過 → 大有
Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 6).
Line 1
初六 飛鳥以凶。
Six at the beginning means: The bird meets with misfortune through flying.
Line 2
六二 過其祖。遇其妣。不及其君。遇其臣。无咎。
Six in the second place means: She passes by her ancestor And meets her ancestress. He does not reach his prince And meets the official. No blame.
Line 6
上六 弗遇過之。飛鳥離之。凶。是謂災眚。
Six at the top means: He passes him by, not meeting him. The flying bird leaves him. Misfortune. This means bad luck and injury.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
剛柔相呼，二姓為家。霜降既同，惠我以仁。
Left hand holds the lantern, right hand holds the umbrella. Walking together through wind and rain — the whole road feels warm.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder rumbles above the mountain, but the original verse speaks of gentle union: hard and soft call to each other, two surnames join as one household. After the frost falls together, kindness and benevolence are bestowed. The imagery is matrimonial — the complementary pairing of yang and yin principles formalized through marriage rites, sealed by shared hardship (frost), and sustained by mutual care. The two surnames (二姓) joining is the classical formula for marriage: different clans uniting to create a new household. From Small Exceeding to Great Possession, the mountain's modest thunder becomes fire blazing high in heaven — abundance born from proper union. What began as small domestic excess — going slightly beyond propriety to offer warmth — becomes the radiant fullness of a partnership that generates more than either party alone could possess.
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