比 → 謙
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 15: Modesty
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷎
謙
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → EarthThe Deep → The Receptive
Lower TrigramEarth → MountainThe Receptive → Keeping Still
Yilin Verse
蜩飛墜木，不毀頭足。保我羽翼，復歸其室。
The cicada flies and falls from the tree, not injuring head or feet. Keeping safe my wings; I return again to my home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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