剝 → 益
Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 42: Increase
䷖
剝
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
→
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Lower TrigramMountain → ThunderKeeping Still → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
揚花不時,冬實生危,憂多橫賊。生不能服,崑崙之玉,所求必得。
Blossoms scatter out of season; winter fruit faces peril, beset by many troubles and thieves. What is born cannot be tamed; yet the jade of Kunlun — what is sought shall surely be found.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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