Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

倚鋒據戟,傷我胸臆。拜折不息。

Leaning on blades, bracing against halberds; they wound my breast. Bowing without end.

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

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