Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative

Yilin Verse

鳥飛跌跛,兩兩相和;不病四支,但去莫疑。

Birds fly, stumble, and limp; in pairs they help each other. Not sickened in four limbs; simply go and do not doubt.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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