否 → 蠱
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
→
䷑
蠱
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
鴟鴞破斧,沖人危殆;賴其忠德,轉禍為福,傾危復立。
The owl breaks the axe, imperiling the loyal man. Relying on his faithful virtue, disaster transforms into fortune; the tottering one stands upright again.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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