Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 59: Dispersion

Waiting
Water / Heaven
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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