臨 → 觀
Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
→
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
長生無極，子孫千億；柏柱載青，堅固不傾。
Ancient vine wraps around stone, new leaves every year. Roots a hundred fathoms deep — thunder and rain cannot shake it.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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