巽 → 比
Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
䷸
巽
The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
→
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramWind → EarthThe Gentle → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
天門九重，深內難通。明坐至暮，不見神公。
Heaven's gate, nine layers deep; the inner sanctum unreachable. From bright dawn to darkening dusk; the divine lord appears not.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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