Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep

Yilin Verse

黃鳥采菉,既嫁不荅。念我父兄,思復邦國。

The yellow bird gathers green herbs; once married, she receives no answer. Thinking of her father and brothers, she longs to return to her homeland.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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