Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 10: Treading

The Well
Water / Wind
Treading
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

百足俱行,相輔為強。三聖翼事,王室寵光。

Many hands draw water, rope-marks carved into stone. The well is deep and inexhaustible, sharing its moisture with four neighbors.

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

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