益 → 損
Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 41: Decrease
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
→
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder → LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
桀跖惡人，使德不通。炎旱為殃，年穀大傷。
Jie and Zhi, wicked men, obstruct the way of virtue. Scorching drought becomes a scourge; the year's grain is utterly destroyed.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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