革 → 蠱
Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed
䷰
革
Revolution
Lake / Fire
→
䷑
蠱
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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