Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Dispersion
Wind / Water
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

羊腸九縈,相推稍前。止須王孫,乃能上天。

Wading through knee-deep water, mud swallows the cart tracks. The ox pants, the driver sweats — less than a li covered. But finally reaching the far bank, muscles and bones at last relax.

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

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