Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 41: Decrease

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

盲瞽獨宿,莫與共食。老窮於人,病在心腹。

The blind man lodges alone; no one shares his meal. Aged and destitute among men, his illness lies deep within.

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

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