Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

缺破不成,胎卵不生,不見兆形。

Broken and incomplete; egg and embryo do not quicken. No sign or form appears.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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