Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

Following
Lake / Thunder
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

蒼龍單獨,與石相觸,摧折兩角。

The azure dragon, alone, collided with a boulder; both horns snapped and broke.

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

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