Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

Revolution
Lake / Fire
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

殊類異路,心不相慕。牝牛牡猳,鰥无室家。

Different kinds on separate paths, hearts bearing no longing for each other. The cow and the boar; the widower without a household.

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

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