Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 35: Progress

Increase
Wind / Thunder
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

鳴鴻俱飛,北就魚池。鱣鮪鰋鯉,多饒所有。一笱獲兩,利之過倍。

Calling geese fly together, heading north to the fish pond. Sturgeon, bream, catfish, and carp — abundance beyond measure. One basket-trap catches a pair; the profit doubles the cost.

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

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