Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

輕車醊祖,焱風暴起,促亂祭器,飛揚錯華,明神降佑,道無害寇。

A light cart pours libation to the ancestors; a sudden gale erupts. It upends the ritual vessels; blossoms and ornaments fly and scatter. The bright spirits send down their blessing; the road is free of harm and raiders.

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

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