小過

Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water → Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding

The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

求鹿過山,與利為怨,闇聾不言,誰知其懽。

Seeking deer, one crosses the mountain; gain turns to grievance. Dim and deaf, none will speak; who knows their joy?

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

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