Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

跌足息肩,所忌不難。金城銅郭,以銕為關。藩屏周衛,安止无患。

Resting feet and easing shoulders; what is feared proves no hardship. Walls of gold, ramparts of bronze, gates barred with iron. Screens and shields guard the perimeter; resting secure, without calamity.

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

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