否 → 臨
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 19: Approach
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
→
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
猿墮高木，不踒手足；保我金玉，還歸其室。
The gibbon falls from a high tree yet does not injure hand or foot. Guarding my gold and jade, it returns to its chamber.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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