Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 41: Decrease

Development
Wind / Mountain
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

年豐歲熟,政仁民樂,祿人獲福。

The year is abundant, the harvest ripe; governance is humane, the people rejoice. Those in service receive their blessing.

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

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