困 → 剝
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
→
䷖
剝
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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