Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 15: Modesty

Revolution
Lake / Fire
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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