Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

被服大冠,遊戲道門。以禮相終,身无殃患。

Wearing formal robes and tall cap, roaming and playing at the gate of the Way. Ending with propriety to the last; the body suffers no calamity.

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

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