Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain

Approach
Earth / Lake
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

望叔山北,陵隔我目;不見所得,使我憂惑。

Gazing for my uncle north of the hills, the ridge blocks my sight; unable to see what was won -- it leaves me troubled and perplexed.

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

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