Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 17: Following

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

雙鳥俱飛,欲歸稻池;經涉雚澤,為矢所射。傷我胸臆。

Two birds fly together, longing for the rice pond. Passing through the reed marsh; they are struck by arrows. My breast is wounded.

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

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