大畜

Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 26: Great Taming

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
大畜
Great Taming
Mountain / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative

Yilin Verse

喜怒不時,雪霜為災;稼穡無功,后稷飢憂。

Wrath and favor come out of season, frost and snow bring calamity; the crops are sown in vain -- even Houji knows hunger and worry.

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

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