Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 17: Following

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

獮猴冠帶,盜載非位。眾犬共吠,麇走蹶足。

A monkey in cap and belt; a thief riding in a place not his own. The pack of dogs bark together; the deer stumbles and falls.

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

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