否 → 艮
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
→
䷳
艮
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
興役不休，與民爭時；牛生五趾，行危為憂。
Raising levies without cease, contesting the seasons with the people. The ox is born with five toes; the path is perilous, cause for worry.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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