Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 11: Peace

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Peace
Earth / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative

Yilin Verse

黃池之盟,吳晉爭強;勾踐為患,夷國不安。

At the covenant of Huangchi, Wu and Jin vied for dominance; Goujian became the scourge -- the foreign state knew no peace.

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

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