Hexagram 6: Conflict → Hexagram 55: Abundance

Conflict
Heaven / Water
Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven ThunderThe Creative → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWater FireThe Deep → The Clinging

Yilin Verse

低頭窺視,有所畏避。行者不利,酒酸魚敗,眾莫貪嗜。

Lowering the head, peering furtively; there is something to fear and avoid. Travelers find no advantage; the wine has soured and the fish spoiled -- none craves a taste.

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

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