Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 12: Standstill

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative
Lower TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

秋隼冬翔,數被嚴霜。雄父夜鳴,家憂不寧。

The autumn falcon soars in winter; repeatedly struck by bitter frost. The cock crows in the night; the household worries, finding no peace.

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

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