兌 → 需
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative
Yilin Verse
三年人妻，相隨奔馳。終日不食，精氣勞疲。
Three years a man's wife, following him in constant flight. All day without food, spirit and strength utterly spent.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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