Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

三奇六耦,相隨俱市。王孫善賈,先得利寶。居止不安,洪水為咎。

Three odd, six even; following one another to market. The prince is a shrewd merchant, first to gain the profitable treasure. Yet one's dwelling is not secure; floodwaters bring misfortune.

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

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