大畜

Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 26: Great Taming

Following
Lake / Thunder
大畜
Great Taming
Mountain / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative

Yilin Verse

伯仲叔季,日暮寢寐;坐臥失明,喪其貝囊。

Eldest, second, third, and fourth -- at dusk they lie down to sleep. Sitting and reclining, they lose their sight; they lose their purse of coins.

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

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