觀 → 臨
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 19: Approach
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
人無定法，緩除才出。地雄走歸，陽不制陰；男失其家。
People have no fixed method, the slow are removed and the able come forth. The earth-hero flees for home; yang cannot govern yin -- the man loses his household.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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