乾 → 損
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 41: Decrease
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
→
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramHeaven → LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
姬姜祥淑，二人偶食，論仁議福，以安王室。
Ladies Ji and Jiang, auspicious and virtuous; two companions dine together. Discussing benevolence, deliberating on blessings, to bring peace to the royal house.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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