Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough

Treading
Heaven / Lake
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative

Yilin Verse

吉日車攻,田弋獲禽;宣王飲酒,以告嘉功。

On an auspicious day, the war chariots advance; hunting with bows, they capture game. King Xuan drinks wine, to proclaim his glorious achievement.

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

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