Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart

Deliverance
Thunder / Water
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

申酉退跌,陰慝前作。柯條花枝,復泥不白。

In the hours of Shen and You, things retreat and stumble; yin wickedness rises ahead. Boughs, twigs, and blossoming branches sink back into the mire, unable to emerge white.

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

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