Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind

Opposition
Fire / Lake
The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

積水不溫,北陸苦寒。露宿多風,君子傷心。

Stagnant water gives no warmth; the northern lands are bitterly cold. Sleeping exposed to wind; the gentleman is pained at heart.

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

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