Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep

Yilin Verse

城壞壓境,數為齊病。侵伐不休,君臣擾憂。上下屈竭,士民無財。

The walls crumble and crush the border; again and again Qi suffers this affliction. Invasion and attack without cease; lord and minister writhe in worry. Above and below are drained and spent; soldiers and people have no wealth.

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

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