大過

Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 15: Modesty

大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

瓜葩匏實,百女同室。苦醯不熟,未有妃合。

Melon flowers, gourd fruit; a hundred women share one room. Bitter vinegar not yet ripe; no consort match has been made.

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

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