觀 → 歸妹
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden
䷓
觀
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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