Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

酒為歡伯,除憂來樂,福喜入門,與君相索,使我有德。

Wine is the lord of joy; it banishes worry and brings delight. Fortune and happiness enter the gate; they seek the lord. They grant me virtue.

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

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