Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Grace
Mountain / Fire
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

順風吹火,牽騎驥尾。易為功力,因懼受福。

Blowing downwind to fan the fire; grasping the tail of a galloping steed. Easy to accomplish with such force; from apprehension, one receives good fortune.

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

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