Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 17: Following

The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

田鼠野雛,意常欲逃。拘制籠檻,不得動搖。

The field mouse, the wild chick; their hearts always yearn to flee. Held fast in cages and pens; they cannot move or stir.

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

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