Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 48: The Well

Waiting
Water / Heaven
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Water
Lower TrigramHeaven WindThe Creative → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

珪璧琮璋,執贄見王。百里甯戚,應聘齊秦。

Jade disc, jade tube, jade scepter; bearing tribute to see the king. Baili Xi and Ning Qi; answering the summons of Qi and Qin.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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