Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Mountain
Lower TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

天之所壞,不可強支;眾口嘈嘈,雖貴必危。

What heaven would bring down, none can prop up by force; when a multitude of mouths clamor, even the noble are imperiled.

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

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