訟 → 剝
Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart
䷅
訟
Conflict
Heaven / Water
→
䷖
剝
Splitting Apart
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven → EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Lower TrigramWater → MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
負牛上山,力劣行難。烈風雨雪,遮遏我前。中道復還,憂者自歡。
Carrying an ox up the mountain, strength fails, the journey hard. Fierce wind, rain, and snow block the way ahead. Turning back midway; the troubled one finds joy.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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