Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 52: Keeping Still Mountain

Dispersion
Wind / Water
Keeping Still Mountain
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

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

Yilin Verse

羊頭兔足,羸瘦少肉。漏囊敗粟,利无所得。

Sheep head and rabbit feet, thin and weak with little meat. A leaking sack spills spoiled grain; there is no profit to be gained.

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

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