Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 60: Limitation

Following
Lake / Thunder
Limitation
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

交川合浦,遠濕難處;水土不同,思吾皇祖。

Where rivers cross and shores converge, the far-off wetlands are hard to dwell in; water and soil are unfamiliar -- I long for my imperial ancestors.

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

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