Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

The Well
Water / Wind
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

原缺

The well overflows, water flowing east — dissolving in four directions, moistening barren mounds. Not knowing where the return path lies — following waves, drifting with the current, yielding to rise and fall.

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

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