需 → 否
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramHeaven → EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
雌單獨居，歸其本巢。毛羽憔悴，志如死灰。
The female bird dwells alone, returning to her old nest. Feathers haggard and worn; her spirit is as dead ash.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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