Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 48: The Well

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

載船渡海,雖深難咎。孫子俱在,不失其所。

Loading a boat to cross the sea; though deep, it is hard to fault. Grandchildren are all present; none loses his place.

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

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