小畜 → 蠱
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
→
䷑
蠱
Work on the Decayed
Mountain / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → MountainThe Gentle → Keeping Still
Lower TrigramHeaven → WindThe Creative → The Gentle
Yilin Verse
寄生無根，如過浮雲；本立不固，斯須落去，更為枯樹。
The parasitic plant has no roots, like a passing floating cloud. Its base not firmly established; in an instant it drops away, becoming a withered tree.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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