Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Treading
Heaven / Lake
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

齊景惑疑,為孺子牛;嫡庶不明,賊孽為患。

Duke Jing of Qi was confused and bewildered; he played the ox for the child. Legitimate and bastard lines unclear; treacherous offspring bring calamity.

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

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