Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

Dispersion
Wind / Water
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater Water

Yilin Verse

子畏於匡,困於陳蔡。明德不危,竟免厄害。

The Master was threatened at Kuang, besieged at Chen and Cai. Bright virtue does not court danger; in the end he escaped all harm.

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

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