大過

Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding

Following
Lake / Thunder
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Lake
Lower TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

雀目燕顙,畏昏無光;思我狡童,不見子充。

Sparrow eyes, swallow forehead, fearing the dark and lacking light; I long for my handsome lad, but do not see young Zi Chong.

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

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