Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

執蕡炤犧,為風所吹;火滅無光,不見玄黃。

Holding a hemp torch to illuminate the sacrifice; it is blown out by the wind. The fire dies and there is no light -- one cannot see dark from bright.

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

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