解 → 比
Hexagram 40: Deliverance → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
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解
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
→
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比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
鴈飛退去，不食其雛。禽尚如此，何況人與？
The wild goose flies away in retreat; it does not feed its young. Even birds are thus — how much more so for men?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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