Hexagram 15: Modesty → Hexagram 8: Holding Together

Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

安息康居,異國同廬。非吾邦域,使伯憂惑。

Parthia and Kangju, foreign nations sharing one lodge. Not our native domain; it makes the elder anxious and troubled.

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

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