大過

Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

三奇六耦,各有所主。周南召南,聖人所在。德義流行,民悅以喜。

Three odd, six even; each has its proper lord. Zhounan, Shaonan; where the sage resides. Virtue and righteousness flow forth; the people delight and rejoice.

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

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