Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 35: Progress

Following
Lake / Thunder
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

負金懷玉,南歸嘉國;蜂蠆不螫,利入我室。

Bearing gold, carrying jade, returning south to a fine land; wasps and scorpions do not sting -- profit enters my house.

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

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