Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

据斗運樞,順天無憂,與天並居。

Grasping the Dipper, turning the Pole; following heaven, free of worry. Dwelling alongside heaven itself.

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

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