Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 35: Progress

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

崑崙源口,流行不止;龍門砥柱,民不安處。母歸孩子,黃麑悅喜。

From the source at Kunlun, the flow never ceases; the Dragon Gate pillars stand amid the current. The people cannot dwell in peace. The mother returns to her fawn -- the young deer rejoices.

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

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