Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

Following
Lake / Thunder
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

初雖無輿,後得戰車;賴幸逢福,不罹兵革。

At first without a carriage; later a war chariot was found. Fortunate to meet with blessing, one escapes the clash of arms.

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

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