剝 → 需
Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷖
剝
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth → WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain → HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative
Yilin Verse
上下惟邪，戾其元夫。歡心隔塞，君子離居。
Above and below all is perverse; estranging her rightful lord. Joyful hearts are blocked and sealed; the noble man dwells apart.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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