Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain

The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

玄黃虺隤,行者勞罷。役夫憔悴,踰時不歸。

Straw sandals worn through, toes exposed; the carrying pole bends like a bowstring. Walking a hundred li a day without seeing a town — the moon rises and sets, another year passes.

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

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