Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

Oppression
Lake / Water
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

養雞生雛,畜馬得駒。明堂太學,君子所居。

Raising chickens that hatch chicks, keeping horses that bear foals. The Hall of Light and the Grand Academy, where the virtuous man resides.

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

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