Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

Approach
Earth / Lake
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

華首山頭,仙道所遊;利以居止,長無憂咎。

On the peak of Mount Huashou, where the immortal way roams; it is good to stop and dwell -- long without worry or fault.

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

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