Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 12: Standstill

The Well
Water / Wind
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

牧羊稻園,聞虎喧喧。畏懼休息,終无禍焉。

Herding sheep in the rice garden, he hears the tiger roaring loud. In fear he halts and rests; in the end there is no disaster.

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

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