Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 35: Progress

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging
Lower TrigramEarth Earth

Yilin Verse

膠車木馬,不利遠賈;出門為患,安止得全。

A glued cart and a wooden horse, ill-suited for distant trade; stepping through the gate brings misfortune -- better to stay and be kept whole.

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

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