Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

黃帝出遊,駕龍乘馬。東上泰山,南過齊魯,郡國咸喜。

The Yellow Emperor sets forth on his journey, riding dragons and driving horses. East he ascends Mount Tai, south he passes Qi and Lu; all the provinces rejoice.

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

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