小畜 → 豫
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1
初九 復自道。何其咎。吉。
Nine at the beginning means: Return to the way. How could there be blame in this? Good fortune.
Line 2
九二 牽復。吉。
Nine in the second place means: He allows himself to be drawn into returning. Good fortune.
Line 3
九三 輿說輻。夫妻反目。
Nine in the third place means: The spokes burst out of the wagon wheels. Man and wife roll their eyes.
Line 4
六四 有孚。血去惕出。无咎。
Six in the fourth place means: If you are sincere, blood vanishes and fear gives way. No blame.
Line 5
九五 有孚攣如。富以其鄰。
Nine in the fifth place means: If you are sincere and loyally attached, You are rich in your neighbor.
Line 6
上九 既雨既處。尚德載。婦貞厲。月幾望。君子征凶。
Nine at the top means: The rain comes, there is rest. This is due to the lasting effect of character. Perseverance brings the woman into danger. The moon is nearly full. If the superior man persists, Misfortune comes.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
眾神集聚，相與議語；南國虛亂，百姓勞苦；興師征伐，更立賢主。
The assembled spirits gather together, conferring and deliberating. The southern land is empty and in turmoil; the common people suffer toil. They raise an army to campaign; and set up a worthy lord.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind above heaven gives way to thunder bursting from the earth. The assembled spirits gather and deliberate among themselves: the southern state has fallen into chaos, the people groan under suffering. An army is raised to campaign, and a worthy ruler is installed. From Small Taming to Enthusiasm, gentle accumulation transforms into decisive, thunderous action. Yu's image — thunder erupting from the earth — is the energy of ritual music and martial resolve that stirs the world. The spirits' council mirrors the sage-kings who made music to honor heaven before marching to war. When cultural refinement has done its work, the moment demands initiative: armies move, order is restored, and the mandate passes to the virtuous.
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