旅 → 乾
Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷷
旅
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → HeavenKeeping Still → The Creative
Lower TrigramFire → HeavenThe Clinging → The Creative
Yilin Verse
寄生无根，如過浮雲。立本不固，斯須落去，更為枯樹。
A parasite without roots, like a passing cloud. Its foundation unsteady; in a moment it falls away, becoming a withered tree.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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