Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 19: Approach

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

雄聖伏名,人匿麟遠。走鳳飛北,亂禍未息。

The heroic sage conceals his name; men hide, the qilin flees afar. The phoenix flies north; upheaval and disaster have not yet ceased.

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

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