Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

Oppression
Lake / Water
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

庇盧不明,使孔德妨。女孽亂國,虐政傷仁。

A shelter dim and unlit, obstructing Confucius's virtue. A woman's mischief disorders the state; tyrannical rule injures benevolence.

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

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