Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 48: The Well

Oppression
Lake / Water
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

桀亂无道,民散不聚。背室棄家,君孤出走。

Jie rules in chaos, devoid of the Way; the people scatter and will not gather. They abandon hearth and home; the lord is left alone to flee.

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

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