小畜

Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 58: The Joyous Lake

小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
The Joyous Lake
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind LakeThe Gentle → The Joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven LakeThe Creative → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

陽明不息,君無恩德;伯氏失利,農喪其力。

The yang light does not cease, yet the lord bestows no grace. The elder brother loses his profit; the farmer loses his strength.

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

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