井 → 需
Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → Water
Lower TrigramWind → HeavenThe Gentle → The Creative
Yilin Verse
大夫行父，无地不涉。為吾相土，莫如韓樂，可以居止，長安富有。
The minister Xingfu traverses every land without exception. Surveying the earth on our behalf: none compares to the joy of Han, where one may dwell and rest, abiding in lasting peace and plenty.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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