Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 10: Treading

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Treading
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Heaven
Lower TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

把珠入口,為我利寶;得吾所有,欣然嘉喜。

Placing a pearl in the mouth, it becomes my profit and treasure. Gaining what I possess, I am glad and greatly pleased.

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

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