大過

Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding

Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

和氣相薄,膏澤津液,生我嘉穀。

Harmonious vapors mingle and gather; rich moisture and dew nourish and bring forth our fine grain.

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

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