蹇 → 否
Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain → EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
六藝之門,仁義俱存。鎡基逢時,堯舜為君。傷寒熱溫,下至黃泉。
At the gate of the Six Arts, benevolence and righteousness abide. The hoe meets its season; Yao and Shun are sovereign. But cold and fever strike, and one descends to the Yellow Springs.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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