Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 48: The Well

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

杜口結舌,心中怫鬱;凶災生患,無所告冤。

Mouth shut, tongue tied; the heart seethes within. Fierce disaster breeds calamity; there is no one to tell the wrong.

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

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