臨 → 乾
Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Yilin Verse
黃獹生馬，白戌為母。晉師在郊，虞公出走。
A yellow bitch bears a horse; a white hound serves as mother. The Jin army at the border -- the Duke of Yu flees.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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