Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

飢蚕作室,絲多亂緒,端不可得。

Hungry silkworms build their chambers; much silk, tangled threads. The proper end cannot be obtained.

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

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