歸妹 → 需
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷵
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Yilin Verse
生有聖德，上配太極。皇靈建中，授我以福。
Born with sagely virtue, matched above with the Supreme Ultimate. The imperial spirit establishes the center and bestows upon us blessings.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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