蠱 → 否
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷑
蠱
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
中復摧頹,常恐衰微;老復賴慶,五羖為相。
Halfway through, one stumbles and declines, always fearing further decay; yet in old age, blessing comes again -- five ram-skins bought a minister.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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