Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Deliverance
I-Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
40
Deliverance
Xie
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1: 潛龍勿用
潛qiánconcealed
龍lóngdragon
勿wùnot at all
用yònguseful
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 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 →Thundercreative to arousing
Lower TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Yilin Verse
暗昧冥語，相傳詿誤。鬼魅所舍，誰知臥處。
Dark, obscure murmurings; rumors passed along in error. A dwelling of ghosts and spirits; who knows where to rest?
— 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 40 (Deliverance). 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.