Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together

The Well
Water / Wind
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

百柱載梁,千歲不僵。大願輔福,文武以昌。

A hundred pillars bear the beam; for a thousand years it shall not fall. Great aspirations buttress good fortune; through culture and valor, all prospers.

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

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