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Hexagram 64: Before Completion → Hexagram 17: Following

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Before Completion
Fire / Water
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire LakeThe Clinging → The Joyous
Lower TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing

Yilin Verse

犬畏狼虎,依人有輔。三夫執戟,伏不敢起,身安无咎。

The dog fears wolf and tiger; relying on men, it finds protection. Three warriors hold their halberds; the beasts crouch and dare not rise. Body safe, without mishap.

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

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