需 → 訟
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 6: Conflict
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷅
訟
Conflict
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramHeaven → WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Yilin Verse
二牛生狗，以戌為母。荊夷上侵，姬伯出走。
Two oxen give birth to dogs, taking the xu-branch as mother. The Jing barbarians invade from the south; the lord of Ji flees.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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