Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Coming to Meet
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

放衘垂轡,奔馬不制,棄法作奸,君失其位。

The bit released and reins hanging loose; the galloping horse cannot be controlled. Abandoning law to practice treachery; the lord loses his position.

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

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