坎 → 謙
Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 15: Modesty
䷜
坎
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
→
䷎
謙
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater → MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
門燒屋燔，為下所殘。西行出戶，順其道理，虎臥不起，牛羊歡喜。
The gate burns, the house is ablaze; destroyed by those below. Going west, stepping out the door, following the proper way -- the tiger lies still and does not rise; the oxen and sheep rejoice.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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