Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 1: The Creative

Treading
Heaven / Lake
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Heaven
Lower TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative

Yilin Verse

東嚮藩垣,相與笑言;子般執鞭,圉人作患。

Facing east at the wicker fence, laughing and talking together. Young Ban grasps the whip; the stable hand causes trouble.

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

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