Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle
Lower TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

翳屏獨語,不聞朝市。以利居服,兔跛後聞。

Hidden behind a screen, talking to himself; he hears nothing of court or market. Using profit to stay and serve; the lame hare is heard of afterward.

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

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