Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

畫龍頭頸,文章不成。所求不得,失利後時。

Painting the dragon's head and neck, the pattern remains unfinished. What is sought cannot be obtained; profit is lost, the hour has passed.

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

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