无妄

Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 25: Innocence

The Well
Water / Wind
无妄
Innocence
Heaven / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

少康興起,誅澆復祖。微滅復明,大禹享祀。

Shaokang arose; he punished Jiao and restored his ancestor's line. What was dimmed was made bright again; the sacrifices to Great Yu were renewed.

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

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