觀 → 兌
Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
→
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth → LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
天門東虛，既盡為災；膉𦝢黯蒼，秦伯受殃。
The gate of heaven stands empty to the east, its mandate exhausted and turned to calamity; the offerings grow dark and ashen -- the lord of Qin receives his doom.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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