否 → 蹇
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
→
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
北陰司寒，堅冰不溫；凌人情怠，大雹為災。
The northern yin governs cold; hard ice that never warms. The ice keeper's spirit grows idle; great hail brings disaster.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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