Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

The Well
Water / Wind
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

六虵奔走,俱入茂草。驚於長注,畏懼啄口。

Six serpents flee in haste, all diving into the thick grass. Startled by the long-billed bird, they fear and dread its stabbing mouth.

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

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