小過

Hexagram 17: Following → Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding

Following
Lake / Thunder
小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder Thunder

Yilin Verse

慈烏鳴鳩,執一無尤;寢門內治,君子悅喜。

Compassionate crow, cooing dove, holding to one thing without fault; at the sleeping-chamber gate, the household is governed -- the gentleman is pleased and glad.

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

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