Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

少无功績,老困失福。跂行徙倚,不知所立。

Young and without achievement; old, exhausted, blessings lost. Hobbling, stumbling, leaning from side to side; not knowing where to stand.

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

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