Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 40: Deliverance

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

目不可合,憂來搔足。怵惕危懼,去其邦族。

Eyes cannot close; worry comes, scratching the feet. Startled and fearful, dreading danger; departing from homeland and clan.

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

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