Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 42: Increase

Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder WindThe Arousing → The Gentle
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

去辛就蓼,毒愈苦甚。避穽遇坑,憂患日主。

Leaving bitterness for smartweed, the poison grows ever worse. Dodging a pit, meeting a trench; worry and trouble rule each day.

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

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