Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Splitting Apart
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

壽如松喬,與日月俱;常安康樂,不罹禍憂。

Long-lived as Song and Qiao, enduring alongside sun and moon; ever at peace and in good health, never suffering misfortune or worry.

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

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