Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 42: Increase

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder Thunder

Yilin Verse

災䖝為賊,害我稼穡。盡禾殫麥,秋无所得。

Plague insects turn to thieves; they devour my crops and grain. Millet consumed, wheat exhausted; in autumn there is nothing to reap.

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

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