Hexagram:The Creative Hexagram:Modesty

I-Ching Transformation

1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
15
Modesty
Qian
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 潛龍勿用

qiánconcealed
lóngdragon
not at all
yònguseful

Line 2: 見龍在田利見大人

jiànsee
lóngdragon
zàiin
tiánfield
worthwhile
jiànto see
mature
rénhuman being

Line 4: 或躍在淵無咎

huòsomehow
yuèto dance
zàiacross
yuāndeep
avoid
jiùwrong

Line 5: 飛龍在天利見大人

fēiin flight
lóngdragon
zàiacross
tiānheaven
worthwhile
jiànto see
mature
rénhuman being

Line 6: 亢龍有悔

kàngarrogant
lóngdragon
yǒuhas
huǐregret

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven Mountaincreative to stillness

Yilin Verse

山險難登,澗中多石,車馳轊擊,載重傷軸。儋負善躓,跌踒右足。

The mountain is steep, hard to climb; the ravine is full of stones. The cart races, hub strikes; bearing heavy loads, the axle breaks. Carrying burdens, one is apt to stumble; the right foot twists and falls.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 1 (The Creative) to hexagram 15 (Modesty). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.