大過

Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 35: Progress

大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

子畏於匡,厄困陳蔡。明德不危,竟自免害。

The Master was threatened at Kuang; beset and stranded in Chen and Cai. Bright virtue is not imperiled; in the end he escapes harm by himself.

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

The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses, each with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store

Related Pages