大過 → 觀
Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
䷛
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
→
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
去室離家，來奔大都。火息復明，姬伯以昌。商人失功。
Leaving chamber and home behind; he comes fleeing to the great capital. The fire dies then burns bright again; Lord Ji thereby prospers. The Shang people lose their work.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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