歸妹

Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 10: Treading

歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
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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