萃 → 漸
Hexagram 45: Gathering Together → Hexagram 53: Development
䷬
萃
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
→
䷴
漸
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
喬木无息,漢女難得。橘柚請佩,反手難悔。
The tall tree offers no rest; the woman of Han is hard to win. She begs to wear tangerine and pomelo as pendants; but the hand once turned cannot repent.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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