Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain → Hexagram 8: Holding Together

Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

高原峻山,陸土少泉。草木林麓,嘉禾所炎。

High plateau, steep mountain; the inland soil has few springs. Grass and trees line the foothills, yet fine grain is scorched there.

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

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