謙 → 乾
Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷎
謙
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain → HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative
Yilin Verse
喋囁處曜，昧冥相待；多言少實，終無成事。
Chattering and flickering in the glare; dim darkness waits upon itself. Many words, little substance; in the end, nothing is accomplished.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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