Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 40: Deliverance

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

白鳥衘餌,鳴呼其子。挾施張翅,來從其母。

The white bird carries food in its beak, calling out to its young. Spreading wings and stretching pinions, they come to follow their mother.

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

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