无妄

Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

无妄
Innocence
Heaven / Thunder
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

持猬逢虎,患厭不起。遂至懽國,與福笑語,君王樂喜。

Holding a hedgehog, meeting a tiger; the terror will not abate. At last reaching the land of joy; speaking and laughing with fortune. The ruler delights in happiness.

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

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