Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 55: Abundance

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

火中仲夏,鴻雁來舍,體重難移,未能高舞,君子顯名,不失其譽。

Fire in midsummer; the wild geese come to rest. Bodies heavy, hard to move; they cannot yet dance on high. The noble man makes his name known; he does not lose his repute.

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

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