比 → 乾
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 1: The Creative
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷀
乾
The Creative
Heaven / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Yilin Verse
繼祖復宗，追明成康。光照萬國，享世久長。
Continuing the ancestors, restoring the lineage; honoring the brilliant Cheng and Kang. Their light illuminates ten thousand states; their reign endures long.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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