Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

金城銕郭,上下同力。政平民親,寇不敢賊。

Bronze walls and iron battlements, solid as a mountain. The garrison patrols through the night without sleep. The people dwell in peace — cooking smoke rises. The four gates stand open, never needing to close.

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

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