蒙 → 漸
Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly → Hexagram 53: Development
䷃
蒙
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
→
䷴
漸
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWater → MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
鳥飛無翼，兔走折足。雖欲會同，未得所欲。
A bird tries to fly without wings; a rabbit runs with broken legs. Though they wish to meet and join, they cannot attain what they desire.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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