Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 55: Abundance

The Well
Water / Wind
Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWind FireThe Gentle → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

商風數起,天下昏晦。旱魃為虐,九土兵作。

The autumn wind rises again and again; the world falls into darkness and gloom. The drought demon wreaks its havoc; across the nine lands, soldiers march.

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

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