需 → 隨
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 17: Following
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷐
隨
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven → ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
田鼠野雞，意常欲逃。拘制籠檻，不得動搖。
Field mouse and wild pheasant; their desire is always to escape. Confined in cage and pen; they cannot stir or move.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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