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).

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.