中孚

Hexagram 61: Inner Truth → Hexagram 27: Nourishment

中孚
Inner Truth
Wind / Lake
Nourishment
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramLake ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

三雞啄粟,八雛從食。飢鳶卒擊,失亡兩叔。

Three hens peck grain; eight chicks follow to feed. A hungry kite strikes suddenly; two are lost.

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

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