觀 → 艮
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷳
艮
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
暴虐失國，為下所逐；北奔陰月，王居旄頭。
Tyrannical and cruel, he loses the kingdom and is driven out by those below; fleeing north under the dark moon -- the king dwells among the barbarian stars.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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