比 → 井
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 48: The Well
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷯
井
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 3).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → Water
Lower TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
木年摧折，常恐不活。老賴福慶，光榮相輔。
An old tree snaps and falls, ever fearing it will not survive. In old age, blessings and fortune come; glory and honor sustain each other.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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