Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

Abundance
Thunder / Fire
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

水壞我里,東流為海。鳧鼃讙囂,不得安居。

Water destroys my village, flowing east to the sea. Ducks and frogs clamor in uproar; no peace for dwelling.

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

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