比 → 觀
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth → Earth
Yilin Verse
鳴鶴北飛，下就稻池。鱣鮪鰋鯉，眾多饒有，一狗獲兩，利得過倍。
The calling crane flies north, descending to the rice paddies. Sturgeon, catfish, and carp; abundant and plentiful. One dog catches two; profit doubles and redoubles.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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