革 → 蹇
Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
䷰
革
Revolution
Lake / Fire
→
䷦
蹇
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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