Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder

Opposition
Fire / Lake
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

人生馬淵,壽老且神。飛騰上天,舍宿軒轅,居常樂安。

Born of a human, emerging from Ma Yuan; long-lived, aged, and divine. Flying and soaring to heaven; lodging with Xuanyuan. Dwelling in constancy, joyful and at peace.

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

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