Hexagram 22: Grace → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

Grace
Mountain / Fire
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Mountain
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

鴻鵠高飛,鳴求其雌。雌來在戶,雄哺嘻嘻。甚獨勞苦,炰鱉膾鯉。

The swan goose flies high, calling for its mate. The female comes to the door; the male feeds her, cooing with delight. So greatly does he toil alone; stewing turtle and slicing carp.

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

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