家人

Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 37: The Family

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
家人
The Family
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

三羊爭妻,相逐奔馳,終日不食,精氣竭罷。

Three rams contest a mate, chasing each other in a gallop. All day without eating; vigor and spirit utterly spent.

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

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