Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Oppression
Lake / Water
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

明德克敏,重華貢舉。放勳徵用,公哲蒙佑。

Bright virtue, keen and diligent; Chonghua is recommended and raised. Emperor Fangxun summons and employs him; the just and wise receive heaven's blessing.

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

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