否 → 謙
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 15: Modesty
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
→
䷎
謙
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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