Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

Enthusiasm
Thunder / Earth
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

秋虵向穴,不失其節,夫人姜氏,自齊復入。

The autumn serpent heads for its burrow, not straying from its season. Lady Jiang from Qi returned of her own accord.

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

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