Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

梅李冬實,國多盜賊;亂擾並作,王不能制。

Plum and pear bear fruit in winter, the state abounds with bandits and thieves; turmoil and upheaval arise together -- the king cannot impose control.

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

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