Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

一室百孫,公悅婦歡。相與笑言,家樂以安。

One household, a hundred grandchildren; the patriarch delighted, the wives rejoicing. Together sharing laughter and conversation; the family is happy and at peace.

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

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