需 → 觀
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven → EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
河水孔穴，壞敗我室。水深無岸，魚鱉傾側。
River water breaches the hole, wrecking and ruining my house. The water is deep, with no shore; fish and turtles are tossed about.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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