觀 → 乾
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → HeavenThe Gentle → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Yilin Verse
蜎飛蠕動，各有所配；歡悅相逢，咸得其處。
Winged insects and creeping things, each finds its destined mate; joyfully they meet and converge -- all find their proper place.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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