Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 41: Decrease

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

常德自如,安坐無尤;莘入貴鄉,到老安榮。

Constant virtue, composed as ever; sitting at ease, free of reproach. Entering a noble domain; reaching old age in peace and honor.

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

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