Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 17: Following

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

五心六意,岐道多怪。非君本志,生我恨悔。

Standing at a three-forked crossroad at dusk — east wind, west rain, each going its own way. Asking the woodcutter for directions, he points two ways. Turning back, the gate one came from is already forgotten.

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

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