Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

黍稷禾稻,垂畝方好。中旱不雨,傷風病熇。

Millet, grain, rice, and paddy; drooping in the fields, nearly ripe. Midway comes drought without rain; wind-blight and scorching heat wound them.

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

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