夬 → 井
Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 48: The Well
䷪
夬
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
→
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven → WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
虎除善猛,難為功醫。驥疲鹽車,困於衘箠。
The tiger, though fierce and bold, is hard for any physician to cure. The thoroughbred wearies at the salt cart, exhausted by bit and whip.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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