乾 → 漸
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 53: Development
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
→
䷴
漸
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
陽低頭，陰仰首。水為災，傷我足。進不利，難生子。
Yang bows its head, yin raises its face. Water brings disaster, injuring my feet. Advancing is not favorable; it is hard to bear children.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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