需 → 臨
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 19: Approach
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven → LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
沒游源口，求鮫為寶。家危自懼，復出生道。
Diving to the source’s mouth, seeking the shark as treasure. The household endangered, oneself afraid; but one emerges again on the road of life.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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