否 → 坎
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
→
䷜
坎
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Yilin Verse
病貧望幸，使伯行販；開牢擇羊，多得大牂。
Sick and poor, hoping for luck; one sends the elder to trade. Opening the pen to choose a sheep, he gains many fine ewes.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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