小過 → 恆
Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding → Hexagram 32: Duration
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
窗牖戶房，通利光明。賢智輔聖，仁德大行。家給人足，海內殷昌。
Windows and doors open wide, letting in light and ease; wise counselors assist the sage; benevolence and virtue spread far; every household prospers; all within the seas flourishes.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder rumbles above the mountain, but the scene within is all light: windows and doors stand open, admitting brilliance from every direction. The wise assist the sage, benevolent virtue spreads widely, every household has sufficiency, and the realm flourishes. The verse paints an idealized governance where transparency (open windows) enables wisdom's circulation and virtue's diffusion. No corner remains dark; no family goes without. From Small Exceeding to Duration, the mountain's thunder becomes thunder and wind moving together in perpetual, steady motion. The openness described is not a burst of reform but an enduring condition — doors that stay open, light that does not fade, virtue that does not waver. Duration's power lies in constancy: what is good here remains good indefinitely.
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