Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Wind
Lower TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep

Yilin Verse

褰衣涉河,水深漬衣;賴幸舟子,濟脫無他。

Lifting one robes to ford the river, the water is deep and soaks the garments; fortunately the boatman is there -- one crosses safely without mishap.

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

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