无妄

Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 47: Oppression

无妄
Innocence
Heaven / Thunder
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

鷹栖茂樹,猴雀往來。一擊獲兩,伏不枝梧。

A hawk perches in a flourishing tree; monkeys and sparrows come and go. One strike captures two; it crouches, concealed among the branches.

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

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