Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 38: Opposition

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging
Lower TrigramLake Lake

Yilin Verse

府藏之富,王以賑貸。捕魚河海,苟罔多得。

The riches of the treasury; the king uses them for relief and loans. Casting nets in rivers and seas; the mesh captures abundant catches.

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

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