損 → 需
Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Yilin Verse
水流趨下，逯至東來。求我所有，買魴與鯉。
Water flows and tends downward; swiftly it arrives from the east. Seeking what I have to offer; buying bream and carp.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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