Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart

Following
Lake / Thunder
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

甲戊己庚,隨時轉行;不失其心,得且安寧。

Jia, wu, ji, geng -- turning with the seasons; not losing one heart, one gains peace and tranquility.

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

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