大過

Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

狐濟濡尾,求橘得枳。季妣懷悔,鮑舍魚臭。

The fox fords the stream, wetting its tail; seeking tangerines, obtaining only bitter citron. The youngest wife harbors regret; the abode of Bao reeks of fish.

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

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