蹇 → 需
Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 2).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → Water
Lower TrigramMountain → HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative
Yilin Verse
潔齊沐浴,思明君德。哀公怯弱,風氏復北。
Purified and bathed in ritual cleansing, contemplating a wise lord's virtue. Duke Ai was timid and weak; the Feng clan was driven north again.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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