Hexagram 19: Approach → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Approach
Earth / Lake
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

飽食從容,出門上堂;不失其常,家無凶殃。

Well fed and at leisure, one steps out the door and ascends the hall; never losing the constant way -- the household knows no ill fortune.

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

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