Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 40: Deliverance

Oppression
Lake / Water
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

陰淫寒疾,水離其室。舟楫大作,傷害黍稷。民飢於食,不无病厄。

Yin excess brings cold and plague; the waters leave their course. Boats and rafts are hastily built, yet the crops are ruined. The people starve for food; sickness and hardship are inescapable.

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

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