夬 → 乾
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷪
夬
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramHeaven → Heaven
Yilin Verse
狼戾美謀，无言不殊。允厭帝心，悅以獲佑。
The wolf is cruel yet cunning in counsel; no word fails to prove decisive. Truly it pleases the emperor's heart; with joy one receives his blessing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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