Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth WindThe Receptive → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

清人高子,久屯野外;逍遙不歸,思我慈母。

The men of Qing under Gao, long encamped in the open fields; roaming at ease, they do not return -- longing for my dear mother.

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

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