Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

Oppression
Lake / Water
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

前屈後曲,形體飭急。絞黑大索,困於清室。

Bent forward, twisted back, the body bound and strained. Knotted black cords, thick ropes; confined in the stark chamber.

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

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