Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward

Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven WindThe Creative → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

倔傀加俄,前後相違。言如鱉咳,語不可知。

Stumbling and contradictory; front and back at odds. Speech like a turtle's cough; the words cannot be understood.

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

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