需 → 蠱
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷑
蠱
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramHeaven → WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
佩玉蕊兮，無所繫之。旨酒一盛，莫與笑語。孤寡獨特，常愁憂苦。
Wearing jade and garland pendants; nowhere to hang them. A full cup of fine wine; none to laugh and talk with. Orphaned and alone; always grieving and sorrowing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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