需 → 困
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 47: Oppression
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷮
困
Oppression
Lake / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven → WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Yilin Verse
祝伯善言，能事鬼神。辭祈萬歲，使君延年。
Lord Zhu’s fine words; he can serve the ghosts and spirits. His prayers invoke ten thousand years; granting the lord long life.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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