益 → 蹇
Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
→
䷦
蹇
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder → MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
丑戌亥子，飢饉前生。陰陽暴客，水絕我食。
In the hours of Chou, Xu, Hai, and Zi, famine precedes all else. Yin and yang — violent visitors — flood and sever our food.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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