无妄

Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 55: Abundance

无妄
Innocence
Heaven / Thunder
Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing
Lower TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

河水小魚,不宜勞煩。苛政苦民,君受其患。

Small fish in the river's shallows; one should not vex them with toil. Harsh governance afflicts the people; the ruler bears the consequence.

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

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