Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

東龍冤獨,不知所觸。南北困窮,王子危急。

The eastern dragon, aggrieved and alone, knows not what it has struck against. North and south, pinched in distress; the prince is in dire peril.

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

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