Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 42: Increase

Following
Lake / Thunder
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder Thunder

Yilin Verse

威權分離,烏夜徘徊;爭蔽月光,大人誅傷。

Authority and power split apart; crows circle restlessly by night. Vying to block the moonlight -- the great man is cut down.

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

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