Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

童妾獨宿,長女未室;利無所得。

Peach trees planted three years ago — blossoms open but no one comes to admire. The courtyard is deep, the door shut; fallen petals wilt on their own.

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

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