Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 53: Development

Following
Lake / Thunder
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

牧羊稻園,聞虎喧嚾;畏懼悚息,終無禍患。

Herding sheep in the rice paddy, hearing the tiger roar; trembling with fright, breath held still -- yet in the end, no disaster.

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

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