Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 17: Following

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

舉趾振翼,南至嘉國;見我伯姊,與惠相得。

Lifting feet and spreading wings, flying south to a fine land; there I find my eldest sister, and we share kindness and contentment.

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

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