Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 48: The Well

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramWind Wind

Yilin Verse

昊天白日,照臨我國;萬民康寧,咸賴嘉福。

The rising sun illuminates the great river; fishing sails dot the golden waves. Riverside farmers smile and chat — this year's grain stalks are taller than a person.

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

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