Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
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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