小畜 → 比
Hexagram 9: Small Taming → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
䷈
小畜
Small Taming
Wind / Heaven
→
䷇
比
Holding Together
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWind → WaterThe Gentle → The Deep
Lower TrigramHeaven → EarthThe Creative → The Receptive
Yilin Verse
鵲近卻縮，不見頭目；日以困急，不能自復。
The magpie draws near then shrinks back, unable to see head or eyes. Day by day more pressed and desperate; unable to recover on its own.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
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