Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Pushing Upward
I-Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
46
Pushing Upward
Sheng
Earth / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 潛龍勿用
潛qiánconcealed
龍lóngdragon
勿wùnot at all
用yònguseful
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 →Windcreative to gentle
Yilin Verse
衛侯東遊，惑於少姬。亡我考妣，久迷不來。
The Marquis of Wei travels east, bewitched by a young lady. Losing my father and mother, long astray, he does not return.
— 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 46 (Pushing Upward). 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.