Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 48: The Well

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

秦失其鹿,疾走先得。勇夫慕義,君子變服。

Qin lost its deer; the swift runner seizes it first. The brave man, moved by righteousness; the gentleman changes his garb.

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

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