Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 17: Following

Deliverance
Thunder / Water
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

道理和得,人不相賊。君子往之,樂有利福。

The Way and reason are in accord; people do no harm to one another. The noble man proceeds thus, and joyfully receives blessings and fortune.

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

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