Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 32: Duration

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Duration
Thunder / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

羊頭兔足,少肉不飽。漏囊敗粟,利無所得。

Sheep's head, rabbit's feet; too little meat to sate. A leaking sack, spoiled grain; no profit to be gained.

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

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