Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 8: Holding Together

Dispersion
Wind / Water
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

行觸天罡,馬死車傷。身无聊賴,困窮乞糧。

Traveling one collides with the Tiangang star; the horse dies and the cart is wrecked. With nothing left to rely upon, destitute and begging for grain.

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

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