需 → 革
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 49: Revolution
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷰
革
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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