觀 → 否
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → HeavenThe Gentle → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth → Earth
Yilin Verse
青牛白咽，呼我俱田；歷山之下，可以多耕。歲露時節，人民安寧。
A blue-grey ox with a white throat calls us together to the fields; below Mount Li, there is ample ground to plow. The seasons reveal their tidings -- the people dwell in peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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