解 → 否
Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷧
解
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Lower TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
入山求玉，不見和璞。終日至暮，勞无所得。
Entering the mountain to seek jade, one does not find the He stone. From morning until dusk the whole day through, toiling without reward.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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