需 → 兌
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven → LakeThe Creative → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
杜飛門啟,患憂大解。脩福行善,不為身禍。
The closed gate opens; worry and trouble are greatly resolved. Cultivating blessings, practicing virtue; one does not bring calamity upon oneself.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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