益 → 小畜
Hexagram 42: Increase → Hexagram 9: Small Taming
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
→
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 3).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → Wind
Lower TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Yilin Verse
鴻飛戾天，避害紫淵。雖有鋒門，不能危身。
The wild goose flies to the heavens, escaping danger at the Purple Depths. Though sharp blades guard the gate, they cannot endanger its life.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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