Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

兩目不明,日奪無光。脛足跛曳,不可以行,頓於丘旁。亡妾莫逐,嵬然獨宿。

Both eyes lack sight; day robs the sun of its light. Shins and feet lame and dragging, unable to walk; halted beside the hill. The lost concubine is not pursued; desolate and alone, one sleeps in solitude.

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

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