Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 55: Abundance

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

延頸望邑,恩歸其室。臺榭不成,未得安息。

Craning his neck, he gazes toward the city, hoping grace will return to his home. Terraces and pavilions remain unfinished; he has not yet found rest.

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

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