Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 6: Conflict

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Conflict
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

山沒丘浮,陸為水魚,燕雀无廬。

Mountains submerged, hills afloat; dry land becomes a realm of fish. Swallows and sparrows have lost their shelter.

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

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