萃 → 乾
Hexagram 45: Gathering Together → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷬
萃
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Yilin Verse
碩鼠四足，飛不上屋。顏氏淵德，未有爵祿。
The large rat has four feet, yet cannot fly up to the roof. Yan Hui possessed profound virtue, yet never received rank or salary.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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