Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 1: The Creative

Conflict
Heaven / Water
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 3).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Heaven
Lower TrigramWater HeavenThe Deep → The Creative

Yilin Verse

文王四乳,仁愛篤厚。子畜十男,夭折無有。

King Wen had four teats, benevolent and deeply generous. He raised ten sons; not one died young.

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

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