Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet

Following
Lake / Thunder
Coming to Meet
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

依踞甲鎧,敝筐受貝。大人不顧,少婦不取,棄捐於道。

Leaning on armor and breastplate, a worn basket receives cowrie shells. The great man does not look; the young wife will not take it -- abandoned on the road.

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

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