Hexagram 27: Nourishment → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

殷商以亡,火息無光。年歲不長,殷湯光明。

The Yin-Shang dynasty perishes; the fire dies, its light extinguished. The years do not endure long; yet Tang of Yin shines with radiance.

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

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