Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 38: Opposition

Oppression
Lake / Water
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

坎中蝦蟆,乍盈乍虛。三夕二朝,形消无餘。

The toad in the hollow, now full and now empty. After three evenings and two dawns, the form wastes away to nothing.

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

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