Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 15: Modesty

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

高崗鳳凰,朝陽梧桐;噰噰喈喈,菶菶萋萋。陳辭不多,以告孔嘉。

Phoenixes on the high ridge, morning sun on the paulownia; they cry yong-yong, they call jie-jie, lush and verdant all around. Few words are offered in address -- yet how excellently auspicious.

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

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