Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

Increase
Wind / Thunder
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

福德之士,歡悅日喜。夷吾相桓,三歸為臣,賞流子孫。

A man of blessed virtue, gladness and delight grow daily. Yi Wu serves Duke Huan; the three inheritances pass to his heirs. Rewards flow down to sons and grandsons.

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

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