中孚

Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 61: Inner Truth

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
中孚
Inner Truth
Wind / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

老妾据機,緯絕不知;女功不成,冬寒無衣。

The old maidservant sits at the loom, unaware the weft has broken. The woman's work is not completed; in winter cold there are no clothes.

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

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