解 → 益
Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 42: Increase
䷧
解
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
→
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → WindThe Arousing → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWater → ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
雞雉失雛,常畏狐狸。黃池要盟,越國以昌。
Hen and pheasant lose their brood, ever fearing the fox. At the Yellow Pool an oath is sworn; the state of Yue thereby flourishes.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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