Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 60: Limitation

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Limitation
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

穿鼻繫株,為虎所拘;王母祝榴,禍不成災,突然自來。

A ring through the nose, tethered to a stake; held captive by the tiger. The Queen Mother blesses the pomegranate; disaster does not become calamity. It comes upon one suddenly.

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

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