Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Conflict
Heaven / Water
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven WaterThe Creative → The Deep
Lower TrigramWater MountainThe Deep → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

兩羝三牂,俱之代鄉。留連多難,損其食糧。

Two rams and three ewes, all heading to Dai country. Lingering through many hardships; losing their provisions.

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

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