Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 19: Approach

Revolution
Lake / Fire
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

鼻移在項,枯葉傷生。下朽上榮,家擾不寧,失其金城。

The nose shifted to the nape; withered leaves harm the living. Below rotten, above flourishing; the household is troubled and restless, losing its fortress of gold.

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

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