Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 32: Duration

Approach
Earth / Lake
Duration
Thunder / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

蝗螟為賊,傷害稼穡;愁飢於年,農夫鮮食。

Locusts and borers turn to brigands, ravaging crops and grain; the year brings dread of famine -- the farmer has scarcely a morsel to eat.

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

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