Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Treading
Heaven / Lake
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

太倉積穀,天下饒食;陰陽調和,年歲時熟。

The great granary stores its grain; all under heaven eats well. Yin and yang are in harmony; the years ripen in their proper season.

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

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