Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 20: Contemplation

Conflict
Heaven / Water
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Lower TrigramWater EarthThe Deep → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

欽明之德,坐前玉食。必保嘉美,長受安福。

Reverent and brilliant in virtue, seated before jade delicacies. Surely preserving what is fine and beautiful, long receiving peaceful blessings.

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

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