Hexagram 56: The Wanderer → Hexagram 53: Development

The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

蜲蛇四壯,恩念父母。王事靡盬,不我安處。

The serpent grows thick in its four limbs, yearning for father and mother. The king's service never ceases; it gives me no rest or peace.

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

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