Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 41: Decrease

The Well
Water / Wind
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

鄭會細柳,國亂失頃。弘明早見,止樂不聽。

The assembly at Zheng by the slender willows; the state falls to ruin, losing its domains. Hongming perceived it early; he ceased the revels and would not listen.

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

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