損 → 剝
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
→
䷖
剝
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake → MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
貧鬼守門，日破我盆。毀罌傷瓶，空虛無子。
The ghost of poverty guards the gate, daily smashing my pots. Urns destroyed, jars broken; empty and hollow, without heir.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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