需 → 損
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 41: Decrease
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramHeaven → LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
曳綸江海，釣挂魴鯉。王孫得利，以享仲友。
Casting the line into rivers and seas; hooking bream and carp. The prince gains profit, and shares the feast with his friends.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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