大過

Hexagram 60: Limitation → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding

Limitation
Water / Lake
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake WindThe Joyous → The Gentle

Yilin Verse

鳥飛无羽,雞鬭折距。徒自長嗟,誰肯為侶?

A bird tries to fly without feathers; fighting cocks break their spurs. One can only sigh in vain; who would be willing to keep company?

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

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