Hexagram 45: Gathering Together → Hexagram 47: Oppression

Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Lake
Lower TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep

Yilin Verse

九里十山,道仰峻難。牛馬不前,復反來還。

Nine li, ten mountains; the road looks upward, steep and hard. Ox and horse will not advance; they turn back and come again.

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

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