Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

北行出門,履陷躓顛,踒足據塗,污我襦袴。

Going north, stepping out the door; the foot sinks, one stumbles and falls. Twisting the ankle, sprawled in the mud; it soils my jacket and trousers.

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

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