Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 60: Limitation

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Limitation
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire WaterThe Clinging → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake Lake

Yilin Verse

一身三手,无益於輔。兩足共節,不能克敏。

One body with three hands; no help for its support. Two feet sharing one joint; unable to be nimble.

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

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