Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 38: Opposition

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging
Lower TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

過時不行,妄逐王公;老女失度,不安其居。

Missing the proper time, failing to act; vainly chasing lords and dukes. The aging woman has lost her measure -- she cannot rest in peace.

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

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