小畜 → 觀
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 20: Contemplation
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
→
䷓
觀
Contemplation
Wind / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → Wind
Lower TrigramHeaven → EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
駕駟逐狐，輪掛荊棘；車不結轍，公子無得。
Driving a four-horse team to chase the fox; the wheels catch on thorns and briars. The carriage cannot hold its track; the young lord gains nothing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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