Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward

Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

三鳥鴛鴦,相隨俱行。南到饒澤,食魚與粱。君子樂長,見惡不傷。

Three birds — mandarin ducks — follow each other in flight. Southward they reach the rich marshes; feeding on fish and millet. The noble man joy endures; he sees no harm from evil.

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

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