Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 38: Opposition

Treading
Heaven / Lake
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Lower TrigramLake Lake

Yilin Verse

雀行求食,暮歸屋宿;反其室舍,安寧無故。

The sparrow goes out seeking grain; at dusk it returns to roost. Back in its chamber and home; peaceful and calm, as of old.

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

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