困 → 需
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Yilin Verse
石鼠四足，不能上屋。顏氏淑德，未有爵祿。
The stone rat has four feet but cannot climb to the roof. The Yan clan possesses pure virtue yet has neither rank nor stipend.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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