Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 10: Treading

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Treading
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

揚風偃草,塵埃俱起。清濁溷散,忠直隱處。

The wind spreads and the grass bends flat; dust rises everywhere. Clear and murky mix in confusion; the loyal and upright hide away.

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

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