Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 35: Progress

Oppression
Lake / Water
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

南有嘉魚,駕黃取鱗。魴鯉瀰瀰,利來无憂。

In the south there are fine fish; one drives the yellow-scaled boat to take them. Bream and carp in great abundance; profit comes without sorrow.

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

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