比 → 大過
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 28: Great Exceeding
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷛
大過
Great Exceeding
Lake / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → LakeThe Deep → The Joyous
Lower TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
鉛刀攻玉，堅不可得。盡我筋力，胝蠒為候。
A lead knife attacks jade; the hardness cannot be overcome. Exhausting all my sinew and strength; calluses and blisters bear witness.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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