Hexagram 45: Gathering Together → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
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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