Hexagram 41: Decrease → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

桃雀竊脂,巢於小枝。動搖不安,為風所吹。寒恐悚慄,常憂殆危。

The sparrow steals fat; nesting on a slender branch. Swaying, never at rest; blown about by the wind. Cold, shivering with fright; ever worrying over peril.

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

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