歸妹 → 損
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 41: Decrease
䷵
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
→
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake → Lake
Yilin Verse
爭鷄失羊，亡其金囊，利得不長。陳蔡之患，賴楚以安。
Quarreling over the chicken, losing the sheep; the gold purse gone, profit does not last. The troubles of Chen and Cai; they relied on Chu for safety.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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