中孚 → 益
Hexagram 61: Inner Truth → Hexagram 42: Increase
䷼
中孚
Inner Truth
Wind / Lake
→
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 2).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → Wind
Lower TrigramLake → ThunderThe Joyous → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
久鰥无偶，思配織女。求其非望，自令寡處。
Long a widower without a mate; dreaming of the Weaving Maid. Seeking what cannot be hoped for; consigning myself to solitude.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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