Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer

The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
The Wanderer
Mountain / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake MountainThe Joyous → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake FireThe Joyous → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

雉兔之東,以理為傷。見鷹驚走,死於谷口。

The pheasant and rabbit head east, taking what seems a reasonable path. Seeing the hawk they flee in terror, dying at the valley's mouth.

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

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