Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 15: Modesty

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

人面鬼口,長舌為斧;斲破瑚璉,殷商絕祀。

A human face, a demon's mouth; the long tongue serves as axe. It hacks apart the sacrificial vessels; the Yin-Shang line is cut off.

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

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