Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 48: The Well

Approach
Earth / Lake
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

秋南春北,不失消息;涉和履中,時無隱慝。

South in autumn, north in spring, never missing the season turning; treading harmony and holding the center -- no hidden wickedness in any season.

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

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