Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 12: Standstill

Following
Lake / Thunder
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

鹿求其子,虎廬之里;唐伯季耳,貪不我許。

A deer seeks her fawn, near the tiger lair; the lord of Tang, greedy, does not grant my request.

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

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