Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

履泥污足,名困身辱;兩仇相當,身為疾病。

Treading through mud, feet soiled; reputation ruined, body shamed. Two rivals matched against each other -- the body falls prey to sickness.

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

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