Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

太姒文母,乃生聖子。昌發受命,為天下主。

Great Lady Si, the Cultured Mother; she bore a sage son. Chang and Fa received the mandate; becoming masters of all under heaven.

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

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