比 → 小畜
Hexagram 8: Holding Together → Hexagram 9: Small Taming
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
→
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater → WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramEarth → HeavenThe Receptive → The Creative
Yilin Verse
公子王孫，把彈挕丸。發輒有得，室家饒足。
Princes and lords's sons, grasping slingshot and pellet. Every shot finds its mark; the household is well supplied.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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