Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Revolution
Lake / Fire
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

无足斷跟,居處不安,凶惡為殘。

A broken-winged bird trapped in a cage; a snapped-string qin hangs empty on the wall. Blades on all four walls, nowhere to lean — sitting or standing, no peace, wind every night.

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

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