Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Peace
Earth / Heaven
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

忍醜少羞,無面有頭;虛日以弊,消寡耗減。

Enduring shame with little modesty; faceless yet with a head. Empty days spent in decline; diminished, dwindled, worn away.

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

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