蹇 → 損
Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 41: Decrease
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
→
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain → LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
脫兔无蹄,三步五罷。南行不進,後市身苦。
A fleeing rabbit with no hooves; three steps and five collapses. Going south it cannot advance; its body suffers at the latter market.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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