小過

Hexagram 20: Contemplation → Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding

Contemplation
Wind / Earth
小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

四亂不安,東西為患;退身止足,無出邦域。乃得完全,賴其生福。

Disorder on all four sides, east and west beset with peril; withdrawing the body, curbing one steps -- not venturing beyond the borders. Only then is one kept whole, relying on the blessing of life.

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

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