Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Approach
I-Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
19
Approach
Lin
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 3: 君子終日乾乾夕惕若厲無咎
君jūnnoble
子zǐyoung one
終zhōngthroughout
日rìday
乾qiáncreating
乾qiáncreating
夕xīnight
惕tìanxious
若ruòseeming
厲lìstruggle
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 4: 或躍在淵無咎
或huòsomehow
躍yuèto dance
在zàiacross
淵yuāndeep
無wúavoid
咎jiùwrong
Line 5: 飛龍在天利見大人
飛fēiin flight
龍lóngdragon
在zàiacross
天tiānheaven
利lìworthwhile
見jiànto see
大dàmature
人rénhuman being
Line 6: 亢龍有悔
亢kàngarrogant
龍lóngdragon
有yǒuhas
悔huǐregret
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Lakecreative to joyous
Yilin Verse
南山昊天，刺政關身。疾悲無辜，背憎為仇。
The southern mountain, the vast sky; government censured, the body imperiled. Grief for the guiltless; those one trusted turn to enemies.
— 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 19 (Approach). 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.