Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart

Oppression
Lake / Water
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

明德孔嘉,萬歲无虧。駕龍巡狩,王得安所。

Bright virtue exceedingly fine, ten thousand years without diminishment. Riding the dragon on a royal tour, the king finds a place of rest.

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

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