震 → 臨
Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 19: Approach
䷲
震
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
→
䷒
臨
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder → LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
畫龍頭頸，文章未成。甘言美語，說辭无名。
Painting the dragon's head and neck; the composition is not yet complete. Sweet words and fine phrases; eloquent speech that amounts to nothing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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