Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

留仲叔季,日暮寢寐;羸臥失限,虐我具囊。衘卻道傍。

Liu, Zhong, and Shuji; at dusk they lie down to sleep. Weary and bedridden past the appointed hour; they ransack my bags. Abandoned by the roadside.

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

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