Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

Following
Lake / Thunder
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

入暗出明,動作有光;運轉休息,常樂允康。

Entering darkness, emerging into light; every action has its radiance. Turning and resting in rhythm, ever joyful and at ease.

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

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