Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Mountain
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

乘牛逐驥,日暮不至。路宿多畏,亡其騂騅。

Riding an ox to chase a stallion; by nightfall, still not arrived. Lodging on the road brings many fears; losing his fine red-and-white steed.

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

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