隨 → 乾
Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷐
隨
Following
Lake / Thunder
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Yilin Verse
鼻目易處，不知香臭；君迷於事，失其寵位。
Nose and eyes switched places; one cannot tell fragrance from stench. The lord, confused in his affairs, loses his favored position.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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