大過

Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 12: Standstill

大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

無道之君,鬼哭其門。命與下國,絕得不食。

A lord without the Way; ghosts wail at his gate. The mandate passes to lesser states; cut off, he gains no sustenance.

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

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