比 → 隨
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 17: Following
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷐
隨
Following
Lake / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth → ThunderThe Receptive → The Arousing
Yilin Verse
過時不歸，雌雄苦悲。徘徊外國，與母分離。
Past the time, he does not return; male and female cry in bitter grief. Wandering in a foreign land; parted from the mother.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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