Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

逐鹿山巔,利去我西;維邪南北,利無不得。

Chasing the deer up the mountain ridge; profit departs to our west. Branching out to south and north; there is no profit not gained.

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

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