Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind

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

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

鼓腋大喜,行婚飲酒。嘉彼諸姜,樂我皇考。

Beating the breast in great delight, the marriage feast flows with wine. Praising the noble Jiang clan, bringing joy to our royal ancestors.

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

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