Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 41: Decrease

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake Lake

Yilin Verse

福德之士,懽悅日喜。夷吾相桓,三歸為臣,賞流子孫。

Men of fortune and virtue, joyful and glad day by day. Guan Yiwu served Duke Huan; the Three Returns became his estate, rewards flowing to his descendants.

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

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