Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 19: Approach

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

雷君出裝,隱隱西行。霖雨不止,流為巨江,南國以傷。

The thunder lord sets forth in procession, rumbling westward. Ceaseless rains pour down, flowing into a great river; the southern lands are laid to ruin.

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

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