Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 17: Following

Oppression
Lake / Water
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 2).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Lake
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

筐筥錡釜,可活百口。伊氏鼎俎,大福所起。

Baskets and kettles, cauldrons and pots, enough to sustain a hundred mouths. Yi Yin's sacrificial vessels are the wellspring of great fortune.

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

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