比 → 否
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 12: Standstill
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷋
否
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth → Earth
Yilin Verse
失意懷憂，如幽狴牢。亡子喪夫，附托寄居。
Disappointed and full of worry, as if imprisoned in a dungeon. Losing sons, bereaved of husband; dependent and lodging with others.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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