Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet

Deliverance
Thunder / Water
Coming to Meet
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Lower TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

王銑鐵頤,倉庫空虛。市賈無盈,與我為仇。

The kings iron chin is bare; storehouse and granary stand empty. The market yields no profit; fortune turns against us.

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

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