謙 → 臨
Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 19: Approach
䷎
謙
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
→
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → Earth
Lower TrigramMountain → LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
受終文祖,承衰復起;以義自閉,雖苦無咎。
Receiving the mandate at the ancestral temple; from decline one rises again. With righteousness one shuts oneself in; though bitter, no blame.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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