小過 → 臨
Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding → Hexagram 19: Approach
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
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 3
九三 弗過防之。從或戕之。凶。
Nine in the third place means: If one is not extremely careful, Somebody may come up from behind and strike him. Misfortune.
Line 4
九四 无咎。弗過遇之。往厲必戒。勿用永貞。
Nine in the fourth place means: No blame. He meets him without passing by. Going brings danger. One must be on guard. Do not act. Be constantly persevering.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
二人輦車，徙去其家。井沸釜鳴，不可以居。
Walls crack, ground sinks, the house about to collapse. Rats flee first, ants evacuate their colony. Supporting the old, carrying the young, out the door they go — not daring to look back at the burning city.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder rumbles above the mountain, and the ground itself gives way. The original verse reads: two people push a cart, evacuating their household; the well boils, the cauldron screams — this place cannot be inhabited. Walls crack, the earth sinks, the house tilts toward collapse. Rats flee first, ants relocate their colonies. Carrying the elderly and supporting children, the family passes through the gate without looking back as fire consumes the city behind them. The signs were unmistakable: boiling wells and screaming vessels signal subterranean upheaval. From Small Exceeding to Approach, the mountain's thunder resolves into earth resting generously above the lake. The family approaches a new beginning — but only because they read the omens and abandoned what could not be saved.
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