Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
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 TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

繼體守藩,縱欲廢賢。君臣淫遊,夏氏失身。側室之門,福祿來存。

Inheriting the domain, guarding the fief; indulging desire, discarding the worthy. Lord and ministers wander in excess; the house of Xia loses itself. From the side chamber's door; blessings and fortune still endure.

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

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