益 → 小過
Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
→
䷽
小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder → Thunder
Yilin Verse
月削日衰，工女下機。宇宙滅明，不見三光。
The moon wanes and the sun declines; the weaving woman steps down from her loom. The cosmos dims and loses brightness; the three luminaries are seen no more.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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