Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 35: Progress

Treading
Heaven / Lake
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Lower TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

麟鳳相隨,觀察安危;東郭聖人,后稷周公;共和政令,君子攸同;利以居止,長無憂凶。

Qilin and phoenix follow together, observing what is safe and what is perilous. The sage east of the outer wall, Hou Ji and the Duke of Zhou -- together they harmonize governance, and noble men find common cause. Advantageous for settling down; long free from worry and misfortune.

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

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