Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 42: Increase

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle
Lower TrigramLake ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

賴先休光,受福之祉。雖遭亂潰,獨不危殆。

Relying on the ancestor's glorious light; receiving the blessings of fortune. Though beset by turmoil and collapse; alone he is not endangered.

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

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