Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder

Revolution
Lake / Fire
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

子鉏執麟,《春秋》作元。陰聖將終,尼父悲心。

Cobwebs fill the temple hall; bells and drums are silent. A broken stele lies toppled — its moss-covered characters nearly illegible.

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

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