Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain

Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

雞鳴同興,思邪无家。執佩持鳧,莫使致之。

At the cock's crow all rise together; thoughts go astray, no home to keep. Clutching the pendant, holding the carved duck, yet none can bring them to their place.

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

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