比 → 巽
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷸
巽
The Gentle Wind
Wind / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth → WindThe Receptive → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
雀行求食，暮歸孚乳；反其屋室，安寧如故。
The sparrow goes out seeking grain; at dusk it returns to nurse its young. Back in its roofed nest; peaceful and calm as before.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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