Hexagram 39: Obstruction → Hexagram 8: Holding Together

Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

送我季女,至于蕩道。齊子旦夕,留連久處。

Escorting my youngest daughter, arriving at the Dang road. The man of Qi lingers morning and evening, staying on and on.

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

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