Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough

Approach
Earth / Lake
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative

Yilin Verse

青蛉如雲,城邑閑門;國君衛守,民困於患。

Green dragonflies swarm like clouds, the city gates stand barred; the lord of the state mounts his defense -- the people are beset by calamity.

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

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