Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

Treading
Heaven / Lake
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

山險難升,澗中多石;車馳轊擊,重傷載軸;擔負善躓,跌踒右足。

The mountain is steep and hard to climb; the ravine is strewn with stones. The carriage races, axle-caps clashing; the axle suffers heavy damage. The bearer stumbles easily; spraining and twisting the right foot.

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

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