Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 11: Peace

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Peace
Earth / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative

Yilin Verse

子畏於匡,困厄陳蔡。明德不危,竟克免害。

The Master was imperiled at Kuang, trapped between Chen and Cai. Bright virtue is not endangered; in the end he escaped unharmed.

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

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