大過

Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 6: Conflict

大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Conflict
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

秉鉞執殳,挑戰先驅。不從元帥,敗破為憂。

Grasping battle-axe and spear, he charges forth as vanguard. Not heeding the commander; defeat and ruin are his worry.

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

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