Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 53: Development

The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
Development
Wind / Mountain
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Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Wind
Lower TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

戴盆望天,不見星辰。顧小失大,福逃墻外。

Digging the ground seeking pearls — the pearls hang in the tree. Felling timber seeking fish — the fish are in the deep. Busy all day, hands empty — the lucky star passes overhead, never noticed.

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

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