井 → 益
Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 42: Increase
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
→
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWind → ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
穿室鑿墻，不直生訟。褰衣涉露，雖勞无功。
Piercing rooms and boring through walls; without just cause, lawsuits arise. Hiking up robes to wade through dew; though he labors, there is no reward.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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