歸妹 → 乾
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷵
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Lower TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Yilin Verse
荊木冬生，司寇緩刑。威權在下，國亂且傾。
The thorn-tree sprouts in winter; the minister of justice suspends his punishments. Authority rests with those below; the state falls into disorder and ruin.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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