觀 → 困
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 47: Oppression
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Yilin Verse
三虫作蠱，削跡無與；勝母盜泉，君不安處。
Three worms breed pestilence, traces obliterated and companions lost; at the hamlet called Shengmu and the spring called Daoqan -- the noble man finds no safe abode.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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