Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 51: The Arousing Thunder

Dispersion
Wind / Water
The Arousing Thunder
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind ThunderThe Gentle → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

瘡瘍疥搔,孝婦不省。君多疣贅,四牡作去。

Sores, boils, and itching scabs; the filial wife cannot cure them. The lord has many warts and lumps; the four stallions are harnessed to depart.

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

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