Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

春生孳乳,萬物繁熾。君子所集,禍災不至。

Spring gives birth and nurtures; the ten thousand things flourish and thrive. Where the gentleman gathers; calamity and disaster do not reach.

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

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