Hexagram 35: Progress → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

Progress
Fire / Earth
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

東方孟春,乘冰戴盆,懼危不安,終身所歡。

The east, the first month of spring; treading on ice, carrying a basin. Fearful and uneasy in danger; yet it becomes a lifetime’s joy.

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

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