Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder

Oppression
Lake / Water
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

四足俱走,駑疲在後。戰既不勝,敗於東野。

All four legs race together, the worn-out nag falls behind. The battle already lost, they are routed on the eastern field.

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

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