萃 → 需
Hexagram 45: Gathering Together → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷬
萃
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Yilin Verse
機言不發，頑不能達。齊魯為仇，亡我葵丘。
The mechanism's words go unspoken; the stubborn cannot break through. Qi and Lu become enemies; they destroy our alliance at Kuiqiu.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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