Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Revolution
Lake / Fire
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramFire WindThe Clinging → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

鷹鷂欲食,雉兔困急。逃頭見尾,為害所賊。

The hawk and sparrowhawk hunger for prey; pheasant and rabbit are hard-pressed. Fleeing head-first, tail exposed; harmed by the very peril they sought to escape.

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

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