Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed

Dispersion
Wind / Water
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

獨宿憎夜,嫫母畏晝。平王逐建,荊子憂懼。

The solitary sleeper hates the night; the ugly woman fears the day. King Ping drove out his heir; the prince of Jing lived in dread.

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

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