Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 47: Oppression

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

四夷慕德,來興我國;文君陟降,同受福德。

The four barbarian peoples admire our virtue; they come to prosper our state. The cultured lord ascends and descends; all share in blessing and virtue.

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

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