渙 → 損
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 41: Decrease
䷺
渙
Dispersion
Wind / Water
→
䷨
損
Decrease
Mountain / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Yilin Verse
有莘外野,不逢堯主。復居窮處,心勞志苦。
In the outer wilds of You Xin, he meets no enlightened lord like Yao. Returning to dwell in poverty, his heart toils and his spirit suffers.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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