革 → 謙
Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 15: Modesty
䷰
革
Revolution
Lake / Fire
→
䷎
謙
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire → MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
東壁餘光,數暗不明。主母嫉妬,亂我業事。
A guttering lamp like a bean, shadows swaying on the wall. In the dark, someone watches me work. Half the cloth is woven — then a knife comes to cut it. A night's labor, cold on the floor.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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