Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWind Wind

Yilin Verse

平國不君,夏氏作亂。烏號竊發,靈公殞命。

Candle shadows flicker red — the sound of an axe runs cold. Behind the screen, a bowstring twangs in the dark. The wise lord departs and the dragon throne grows cold — in court, there will be no more peaceful days.

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

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