Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

鰥寡孤獨,祿命苦薄,入宮無妻,武子哀悲。

Widowed, orphaned, alone; fate and fortune are bitter and thin. Entering the palace, there is no wife; Wuzi grieves in sorrow.

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

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