臨 → 坎
Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
→
䷜
坎
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Yilin Verse
八面九口，長舌為斧；斲破瑚璉，殷商絕後。
Eight faces, nine mouths; the long tongue serves as an axe. It hews apart the ritual vessel -- the Yin-Shang line is severed.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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