Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain

Following
Lake / Thunder
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

刺羊不當,血少無羹;女執空筐,不得採桑。

Slaughtering the sheep poorly -- too little blood for broth. The woman holds an empty basket; she cannot gather mulberry.

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

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