觀 → 需
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Yilin Verse
鴻波逆流，主人潛去，蒿蓬代柱，大屋顛仆。
A great wave surges upstream, the master slips away in secret; wormwood stalks replace the pillars -- the great house topples and falls.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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