Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 48: The Well

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

闇昧不明,耳聾不聰。陷入深淵,滅頂憂凶。

Dark and dim, without clarity; ears deaf and unhearing. Falling into the deep abyss, head submerged in grievous misfortune.

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

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