Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 38: Opposition

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth FireThe Receptive → The Clinging
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

螟䖝為賊,害我禾穀。簞瓶空虛,飢無所食。

Caterpillars and grubs are the bane, ravaging my grain and crops. Bamboo baskets and jars stand empty; there is nothing to eat in hunger.

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

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