Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 15: Modesty

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Lower TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

葛生衍蔓,絺綌為願。家道篤厚,父兄悅喜。

Kudzu grows and spreads its vines; fine summer cloth is the wish. The household way is rich and sincere; father and elder brother rejoice.

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

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