小畜 → 需
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 5: Waiting
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
→
䷄
需
Waiting
Water / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven → Heaven
Yilin Verse
故室舊廬，稍弊且徐；不如新巢，可治樂居。
The old house and former dwelling, gradually worn and slow to mend. Not as good as a new nest; fit for making a joyful home.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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