需 → 漸
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 53: Development
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷴
漸
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven → MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
冠帶南遊,與福喜逢。期於嘉貞,拜為公卿。
Capped and sashed, traveling south; meeting blessing and joy along the way. Expecting auspiciousness at the perfect hour; appointed to the rank of duke and minister.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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