Hexagram 43: Breakthrough → Hexagram 60: Limitation

Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Limitation
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

大麓魚池,陸為海涯。君子失行,小人相攜。

The great forest becomes a fish pond; the land becomes the ocean shore. The gentleman loses his way; the petty men lead each other on.

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

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