Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 22: Grace

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Grace
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

東行無門,西出華山;道塞畏難,遊子為患。

Eastward there is no gate, westward one exits toward Hua Mountain; the road is blocked and the pass forbidding -- the traveler is beset by peril.

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

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