Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

繭栗犧牲,敬享鬼神。神嗜飲食,受福多孫。

Silken calves as offerings, reverently presented to the spirits. The spirits delight in the food and drink; blessings are received, and many descendants.

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

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