否 → 比
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
→
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → Earth
Yilin Verse
官爵相保，居之無咎；求免不得，怕使恨悔。
Office and rank are mutually secured; dwelling there brings no blame. Seeking dismissal without success, one fears and harbors regret.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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