Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 15: Modesty

The Well
Water / Wind
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

安和泰山,福祐屢臻。雖有狼虎,不能危身。

Peaceful and secure as Mount Tai; blessings and protection arrive again and again. Though wolves and tigers lurk, they cannot endanger this body.

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

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