Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

牙孽生齒,室蟠啟戶。幽人利貞,鼓翼起舞。

Buds and shoots break through like teeth; coiled in the chamber, the door opens. The hidden one finds benefit in steadfastness, spreading wings and rising to dance.

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

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