Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 17: Following

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

久陰霖雨,塗行泥潦。商人休止,市空无有。

Long rains of yin and gloom; the roads run thick with mud. The merchants cease their trade; the market stands empty, with nothing to be had.

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

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