Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

手足易處,頭尾顛倒。公為雌嫗,亂其蚕織。

Hands and feet trade places; head and tail are turned around. The lord becomes an old woman, throwing the silkworm weaving into disorder.

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

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