Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 60: Limitation

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Limitation
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

西國疆梁,為虎作狼。東吞楚齊,并有其王。

The western kingdom, strong as a bridge, becomes tigers and wolves. Eastward it devours Chu and Qi, annexing their kings.

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

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