需 → 渙
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 59: Dispersion
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷺
渙
Dispersion
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven → WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Yilin Verse
追亡逐北,至止而得。稚叔相呼,反其室廬。
Chasing the fleeing, pursuing those who retreat; reaching the destination, one succeeds. The youngest and the uncle call to each other; they return to their home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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