Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 12: Standstill

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

踐履危難,脫厄去患;入福喜門,見吾邦君。

Treading through peril and hardship; one escapes and sheds calamity. Entering the gate of blessing and joy; one beholds our lord.

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

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