Hexagram:The Creative Hexagram:The Arousing

I Ching Transformation

1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
51
The Arousing
Zhen
Thunder / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Thundercreative to arousing
Lower TrigramHeaven Thundercreative to arousing

Yilin Verse

懸貆素餐,居非其安。失輿剝廬,休坐徒居。

The badger receives an unearned meal, dwelling in a place that is not safe. Losing the carriage, the hut stripped bare; sitting idle, dwelling without purpose.

— 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 51 (The Arousing). 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.