Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 47: Oppression

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep

Yilin Verse

既往不說,憂來禍結。北戶為患,无所申雪。

What is past cannot be spoken of; worries come and disasters knot together. The northern door brings calamity; there is nowhere to find redress.

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

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