Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together

Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Lower TrigramFire EarthThe Clinging → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

鹿食山草,不思邑里,雖久无咎。

A deer eats mountain grass, giving no thought to the town. Though it lingers long, no harm comes.

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

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