Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

南山高崗,麟鳳室堂;含和履中,國無災殃。

Southern mountain, high ridge; qilin and phoenix make their hall. Embracing harmony, treading the mean -- the state is free from calamity.

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

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