Hexagram:The Creative Hexagram:Nourishment

I Ching Transformation

1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Mountaincreative to stillness
Lower TrigramHeaven Thundercreative to arousing

Yilin Verse

純服黃裳,戴上與興。德義既生,天下歸仁。

Wearing pure garments and a yellow skirt, rising to serve and to flourish. With virtue and righteousness established, all under heaven returns to benevolence.

— 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 27 (Nourishment). 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.