Hexagram 49: Revolution → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain

Revolution
Lake / Fire
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

灼火泉原,釣魴山巔。魚不可得,炭不可燃。

Lighting a fire at the spring's source, angling for bream on the mountaintop. The fish cannot be caught; the charcoal cannot be burned.

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

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