Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 49: Revolution

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Revolution
Lake / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

齎貝贖狸,不聽我辭;繫於虎髯,牽不得來。

Offering cowries to ransom the wildcat; it will not heed my words. Tied to the tiger's whiskers; pull as one might, it will not come.

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

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