小過 → 益
Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding → Hexagram 42: Increase
䷽
小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
→
䷩
益
Increase
Wind / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramMountain → WindKeeping Still → The Gentle
Lower TrigramThunder → Thunder
Yilin Verse
執斧破薪，使媒求婦。和合二姓，親迎斯須。色比毛嬙，姑翁悅喜。
Taking axe to split firewood, sending matchmaker to seek a bride; two surnames join in harmony; welcoming the bride in ceremony; her beauty rivals Mao Qiang; parents-in-law rejoice.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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