Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Mountain
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

四手共身,莫失所閑。更相放接,動失事便。

Four hands share one body; do not lose your proper bounds. Taking turns grasping and releasing; every movement misses its chance.

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

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