Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Coming to Meet
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

釋然遠咎,辟患害早。田獲三狐,以貝為寶。君子所在,安寧不殆。

Calmly leaving blame behind, avoiding trouble early. Hunting and catching three foxes; taking cowries as treasure. Where the noble man abides, there is peace without peril.

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

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