歸妹 → 履
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 10: Treading
䷵
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
→
䷉
履
Treading
Heaven / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → HeavenThe Arousing → The Creative
Lower TrigramLake → Lake
Yilin Verse
孤公寡婦,獨宿悲苦。目張耳鳴,莫與笑語。
The lonely widower, the solitary widow, sleeping alone in bitter sorrow. Eyes wide, ears ringing; no one to share laughter or words.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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