Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

鴻飛遵陸,公歸不復,伯氏客宿。

The wild goose follows the land, walking instead of flying. The duke departs and does not return; the elder lodges abroad.

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

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