大過

Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

陽失其紀,枯木復起。秋葉冬華,君不得息。

Yang has lost its order; the withered tree rises again. Autumn leaves, winter blossoms; the lord finds no rest.

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

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