需 → 履
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 10: Treading
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷉
履
Treading
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramHeaven → LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
兵征大宛，北出玉門。與胡寇戰，平城道西。七日絕糧，身幾不全。
The army campaigns against Dayuan, going north out through Jade Gate. Battling the Xiongnu raiders west of Pingcheng; seven days without grain, the body nearly lost.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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