Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

疾風塵起,亂擾崩始。強大并小,先否後喜。

A fierce wind rises with dust; turmoil and collapse begin. The strong swallow the small; first hardship, then joy.

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

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