小過

Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding → Hexagram 29: The Abysmal Water

小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
The Abysmal Water
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain WaterKeeping Still → The Deep
Lower TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep

Yilin Verse

虞君好神,惠我老親。恭承宗廟,雖慍不去,復我內事。

The Lord of Yu honors the spirits, blessing my aged parents; reverently serving the ancestral temple; though vexed, he does not leave; he restores my household affairs.

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

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