Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 35: Progress

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Progress
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder FireThe Arousing → The Clinging
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

牙孽生齒,螳蜋啟戶。幽人利貞,鼓翼起舞。

Buds sprout like teeth; the mantis opens the door. The recluse finds benefit in constancy; he beats his wings and begins to dance.

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

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