Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Splitting Apart
I-Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
23
Splitting Apart
Bo
Mountain / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 潛龍勿用
潛qiánconcealed
龍lóngdragon
勿wùnot at all
用yònguseful
Line 2: 見龍在田利見大人
見jiànsee
龍lóngdragon
在zàiin
田tiánfield
利lìworthwhile
見jiànto see
大dàmature
人rénhuman being
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
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
大禹式路，蚩尤除道。周匝萬里，不危不殆，見其所使，無所不在。
Great Yu inspected the roads; Chiyou cleared the way. Circling ten thousand li, neither perilous nor imperiled. Seeing those he commanded, he was present everywhere.
— 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 23 (Splitting Apart). 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.