Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart

Revolution
Lake / Fire
Splitting Apart
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

野麋畏人,俱入山谷。命短不長,為虎所得,死於牙腹。

The wild deer fears men and together they plunge into the mountain valley. Its life cut short; seized by the tiger, it dies between fang and belly.

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

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