Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 35: Progress

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

道途多石,傷車折軸。與市為仇,不利客宿。

The road is full of stones; they damage the cart and break the axle. Making enemies at market; not fit for a traveler's lodging.

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

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