兌 → 隨
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 17: Following
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
→
䷐
隨
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → Lake
Lower TrigramLake → ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
瞻白因弦,駑孱恐怯。任力墮劣,如蝟見鵲。偃視恐伏,不敢拒格。
Gazing at the white, drawing the string; the weak horse shrinks in fear. Strength failing, courage flagging, like a hedgehog seeing a magpie. Cowering low in dread, not daring to resist or fight.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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