乾 → 蹇
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
→
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
騎㹠逐羊，不見所望，徑涉虎穴，亡羊失羔。
Riding a boar to chase sheep, not seeing what was hoped for. Cutting straight through the tiger’s den; the sheep are lost, the lambs gone.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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