Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 49: Revolution

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Revolution
Lake / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

山陵四塞,遏我逕路。欲前不得,復還故處。

Mountain ridges block all four sides; barring my path and road. Wishing to advance but unable; returning again to the old place.

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

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