困 → 損
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 41: Decrease
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
→
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
離友絕朋，巧言讒匿。覆白污玉，顏叔哀哭。
Severed from friends, cut off from companions; cunning words and hidden slander. White is overturned and jade defiled; Yan Shu weeps in grief.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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