歸妹

Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing
Lower TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

銅人鐵距,雨露勞苦;終日卒歲,無有休息。

A bronze figure with iron claws, enduring rain and dew in bitter toil; from dawn to dusk, from year end to year end -- there is never a moment of rest.

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

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