觀 → 井
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 48: The Well
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
驢作龍身,進所無前;三日五夜,得其所欽。
A donkey takes on a dragon body, surging forward where none have gone before; after three days and five nights, it attains the one it revered.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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