Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

Approach
Earth / Lake
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

天所祚昌,文以為良;篤生武王,姬受其福。

What heaven bestows its flourishing upon, with Wen deemed most worthy; mightily it bore King Wu -- the house of Ji received its blessing.

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

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