Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 47: Oppression

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

招禍致凶,來螫我邦。痛在手足,不得安息。

Inviting disaster, bringing calamity; stinging insects plague our land. Pain in hands and feet; unable to find rest.

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

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