乾 → 坎
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
→
䷜
坎
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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