Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

跛踦相隨,日暮牛罷。陵遲後旅,失利亡雌。

Fog locks the mountainside; the stone path breaks off entirely. Ahead, a deep chasm — behind, nothing to lean on.

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

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