Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

老狐屈尾,東西為鬼。病我長女,坐涕詘指。或西或東,大華易誘。

The old fox curls its tail; east and west it becomes a ghost. It sickens my eldest daughter; she sits weeping, bending her fingers. Wandering west or east; the great flower is easily enticed.

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

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