Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 60: Limitation

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
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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