Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 5: Waiting

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative

Yilin Verse

老狼白驢,長尾大狐,前顛卻躓,進退遇祟。

Old wolf, white donkey; long-tailed great fox. Stumbling forward, tripping back; advance and retreat alike meet with misfortune.

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

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