Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 15: Modesty

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain Mountain

Yilin Verse

天門開闢,牢戶寥廓。桎梏解脫,拘囚縱釋。

The frozen river cracks open; spring water surges forth. The trapped fish leaps free — silver scales flash in the sun.

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

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