Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Coming to Meet
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Lower TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

龍馬上山,焦无水泉。喉燋唇乾,渴不能言。

The dragon-horse climbs the mountain; it is parched, without spring or stream. Throat scorched, lips dry; in its thirst it cannot speak.

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

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