Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 49: Revolution

Waiting
Water / Heaven
Revolution
Lake / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

昧旦乘車,履危蹈溝。亡失裙襦,摧折兩軸。

Setting out in darkness by carriage; treading danger, falling into ditches. Losing skirt and tunic; both axles snap and break.

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

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