Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Oppression
Lake / Water
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

升高登虛,欲有望候。駕之北邑,與喜相扶。

Ascending high to the empty tower, hoping to keep watch. Driving northward to that town, one meets with joy and mutual support.

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

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