Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle
Lower TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

望城抱子,見邑不殆。公孫上堂,大君悅喜。

Gazing at the city, clasping her child; seeing the town, she is unharmed. The young lord ascends the hall; the great sovereign rejoices.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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