需 → 小畜
Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 9: Small Taming
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
→
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven → Heaven
Yilin Verse
紝績獨居，寡處無夫。陰陽失忘，為人僕使。
Spinning and weaving in solitary dwelling; living alone without a husband. Yin and yang are forgotten and lost; one becomes a servant to others.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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