Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

蒙生株瞿,棘掛我須。小人妬嫉,使恩不遂。

Creeping plants grow on the stump; thorns catch and snag my beard. Petty men are jealous and envious; they prevent kindness from reaching its end.

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

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