小畜 → 兌
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
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 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
陽明不息，君無恩德；伯氏失利，農喪其力。
The yang light does not cease, yet the lord bestows no grace. The elder brother loses his profit; the farmer loses his strength.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind above heaven meets the doubled lake — Joyousness that should bring shared delight. Yet the sun blazes without relent; the ruler lacks benevolence and virtue. The eldest brother loses his advantage, and the farmer exhausts his strength. From Small Taming to the Joyous, the verse darkens what should be mutual happiness. Dui's paired lakes represent friends learning together in open exchange. But here the yang sun is unceasing — generosity has become oppressive heat — and neither lord nor commoner benefits. The eldest brother (bo) losing his position and the farmer losing his strength suggest a breakdown of social hierarchy from top to bottom. When joy is commanded rather than shared, it desiccates into joyless obligation.
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