歸妹 → 兌
Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake
䷵
歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
→
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder → LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake → Lake
Yilin Verse
延頸望酒，不入我口。深目自苦，利得无有，幽人悅喜。
Stretching the neck, longing for wine; it does not enter my mouth. Deep-set eyes, self-inflicted bitterness; profit and gain are nowhere to be found. The recluse finds quiet joy.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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