坎 → 否
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷜
坎
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
齊魯求國，仁聖輔德，進禮雅言，定公以安。
Qi and Lu sought their states; the sagely and humane upheld virtue. Advancing rites and elegant speech, Duke Ding was thereby set at ease.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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