Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 38: Opposition

The Well
Water / Wind
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging
Lower TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

循理舉手,舉求取予。六體相摩,終无咎殃。

Following reason, raising one's hand; what is raised and sought, given and received. The six lines rub and turn together; in the end there is no fault or calamity.

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

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