Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 38: Opposition

Increase
Wind / Thunder
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging
Lower TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

逐狐東山,水遏我前。深不可涉,失其後便。

Chasing the fox across the eastern hills, water blocks the way ahead. Too deep to ford, the advantage is lost.

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

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