Hexagram 35: Progress → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

Progress
Fire / Earth
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

踧行竊視,有所畏避,蔽目伏藏,以夜為利。

Creeping forward, stealing glances; there is something to fear and avoid. Covering the eyes, hiding away; taking the night as advantage.

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

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