Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 49: Revolution

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

鵠求魚食,道遇射弋。繒加我頸,繳縛羽翼。欲飛不能,為羿所得。

The swan seeks fish to eat but on the road meets an archer. Silk cords bind its neck; snares fetter its wings. Wishing to fly but unable; caught by Yi the bowman.

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

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