Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 19: Approach

Conflict
Heaven / Water
Approach
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

開牢闢門,巡狩釋冤。夏臺羑里,湯文悅喜。

Open the prison, release the gates; go on royal progress and pardon the wronged. Xia Terrace and Youli -- Tang and Wen rejoice.

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

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