Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 38: Opposition

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

退惡防患,見在心苗。日中之恩,解釋倒懸。

Retreat from evil, guard against trouble; perceive it in the heart's first shoots. The grace of the midday sun releases those hung upside down.

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

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