謙 → 訟
Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 6: Conflict
䷎
謙
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
→
䷅
訟
Conflict
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain → WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Yilin Verse
鑿井求玉，非卞氏寶；名困身辱，勞無所得。
Grinding iron into a needle, days are short and progress slight. Before even a small tool is made, the hair turns white — and still one toils.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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