大過

Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding → Hexagram 8: Holding Together

大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

衰滅無成,淵溺在傾。狗吠夜驚,家乃不寧。枯者復華,幽人無憂。

Decline and ruin bring no success; the abyss tilts toward collapse. Dogs bark, the night is alarmed; the household finds no peace. The withered blooms again; the recluse has no worry.

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

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