Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 5: Waiting

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

刖根枯株,不生肌膚。病在於心,日以燋枯。

Roots severed, the dead stump grows no flesh or skin. The illness lies in the heart; day by day it withers and dries.

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

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