Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 48: The Well

Following
Lake / Thunder
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

鴟鴞破斧,邦人危殆;賴其忠德,轉禍為福。傾亡復立。

The owl broke the axe; the people were in peril. Relying on his loyal virtue, he turned disaster into blessing. What was toppled stood again.

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

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