Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 4: Youthful Folly

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Youthful Folly
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake WaterThe Joyous → The Deep

Yilin Verse

天孫帝子,與日月處。光榮於世,福祿繁祉。

The Purple Star blazes, the imperial throne shines bright. On both banks of the Milky Way, colored clouds are born. The celestial ladder drops its golden thread — which mortal shall climb it?

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

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