姤 → 困
Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet → Hexagram 47: Oppression
䷫
姤
Coming to Meet
Heaven / Wind
→
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Yilin Verse
進仕為官，不若復田，獲壽保年。
Advancing to serve as an official is not as good as returning to the fields; thereby one gains long life and preserves one's years.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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