蠱 → 艮
Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
䷑
蠱
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
→
䷳
艮
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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