Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWind Wind

Yilin Verse

雞方啄粟,為狐所逐;走不得食,惶懼惕息。

The hen was pecking grain when the fox gave chase; she fled and could not eat -- trembling and breathless with fright.

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

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