困 → 小過
Hexagram 47: Oppression → Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
→
䷽
小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater → ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
鳳有十子,同巢共母。仁聖在位,懽以相保。興彼周魯。
The phoenix has ten children, sharing one nest and one mother. A sage of benevolence presides; joyfully they keep one another. Thus flourish the realms of Zhou and Lu.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses, each with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store