中孚

Hexagram 61: Inner Truth → Hexagram 43: Breakthrough

中孚
Inner Truth
Wind / Lake
Breakthrough
Lake / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake HeavenThe Joyous → The Creative

Yilin Verse

破亡之國,天所不福,難以止息。

The palace is ash, the pillars charcoal. The city gate has collapsed, weeds grow deep. Crows circle but will not land — even ghosts and spirits shun this cursed ground.

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

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