否 → 節
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 60: Limitation
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
→
䷻
節
Limitation
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
牧羊稻園，聞虎喧嚾；思恐悚息，終無禍患。
Herding sheep in the rice garden; one hears the tiger's roar. Trembling with fear and held breath; yet in the end, no disaster comes.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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