Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 42: Increase

The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramFire ThunderThe Clinging → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

低頭竊視,有所畏避。行作未利,酒酸魚敗,重莫貪嗜。

Bowing the head, stealing a glance; there is something feared and avoided. Actions bring no profit; the wine has soured, the fish is spoiled. Better not to crave such things.

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

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