大過

Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Lake
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

符左契右,相與合齒。乾坤利貞,乳生六子。長大成就,風言如母。

Tally left, contract right, joining together tooth to tooth. Qian and Kun are beneficial and correct; nurturing and bearing six children. Grown to completion, reputation spreads like the mother's name.

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

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