Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 6: Conflict

Holding Together
Water / Earth
Conflict
Heaven / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater HeavenThe Deep → The Creative
Lower TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep

Yilin Verse

李花再實,鴻飛降集。仁哲權輿,蔭國受福。

The plum tree fruits twice; wild geese descend and gather. The humane and wise begin their rise; shading the state, receiving blessings.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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