Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

Enthusiasm
Thunder / Earth
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

滕虵乘龍,宋鄭飢凶;民食草蓬。

The vine-snake mounts the dragon; Song and Zheng suffer famine and calamity. The people eat wild grasses.

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

The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses, each with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store

Related Pages