萃 → 觀
Hexagram 45: Gathering Together → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
䷬
萃
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
→
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth → Earth
Yilin Verse
冬藪枯腐,常風於道。蒙被塵埃,左右勞苦。
Winter marshes, withered and rotten; a constant wind upon the road. Shrouded in dust and grime; left and right, toil and hardship.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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