Hexagram 53: Development → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

Development
Wind / Mountain
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramMountain LakeKeeping Still → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

怙恃自負,不去於下。血從地出,誅罰失理。

Relying on power, boasting of self; refusing to descend from the heights. Blood seeps from the ground; punishment and execution lose all rightness.

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

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