Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 8: Holding Together

The Well
Water / Wind
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramWind EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

馬驚破處,王孫沉溝。身死魂去,自為患害。

The horse startles and bolts through the breach; the young lord sinks into the ditch. Body dead, soul departed; he brings calamity upon himself.

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

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