Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

殺行桃園,見虎東西。螳螂之敵,使我無患。

Marching through the peach orchard; tigers appear east and west. The mantis stands as adversary; it keeps me from harm.

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

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