Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain Mountain

Yilin Verse

右目無瞳,偏視寡明;十步之外,不知何公?

The right eye has no pupil; one-sided vision, scant clarity. Beyond ten paces; one cannot tell who stands there.

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

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