Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

The Well
Water / Wind
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

乾作聖男,坤為智女。配合既成,長生得所。

Qian makes the sage son; Kun makes the wise daughter. The match accomplished and complete, they find lasting life in their rightful place.

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

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