Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 1).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain Mountain
Lower TrigramMountain FireKeeping Still → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

鳥舞國城,邑懼卒驚。仁德不脩,為下所傾。

Birds dancing above the city walls; the town trembles with sudden alarm. Benevolent virtue goes uncultivated; overthrown by those below.

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

The Six Lines app includes all 4,096 Yilin verses, each with original ink brush artwork and full commentary. Download on the App Store

Related Pages