兌 → 比
Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
䷹
兌
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
→
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramLake → WaterThe Joyous → The Deep
Lower TrigramLake → EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
嵩融持戟,杜伯荷弩,降觀下國,誅逐无道。夏商之季,失埶外走。
Song Rong holds a halberd, Du Bo bears a crossbow. They descend to observe the mortal realm, pursuing and punishing the lawless. At the end of Xia and Shang, those who lost power fled abroad.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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