Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 19: Approach

Grace
Mountain / Fire
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

老楊日衰,條多枯枝。爵級不進,逐下摧隤。

The old willow daily declines; its branches grow many dead limbs. Rank and title advance no further; one is driven down and brought low.

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

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