需 → 姤
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷫
姤
Coming to Meet
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramHeaven → WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
輕戰尚勇,不知兵權。為敵所制,從師北奔。
Recklessly fighting, esteeming bravery; not understanding the art of war. Outmaneuvered by the enemy; the army flees northward.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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