臨 → 蹇
Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
→
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
手拙不便，不能伐檀；車無軸轅，行者苦難。
Hands clumsy and unskilled, unable to fell the sandalwood; a cart without axle or shaft -- the traveler suffers hardship.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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