Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Treading
Heaven / Lake
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Lower TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

請伯行賈。代山之野,夜歷險阻;不逢危殆,利如澆酒。

Asking Bo to go trade. In the wilds of Dai Mountain, crossing dangerous ground by night. Meeting no peril or disaster; profit flows like poured wine.

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

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