井 → 渙
Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 59: Dispersion
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
→
䷺
渙
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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