Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Keeping Still
I Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Lower TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Yilin Verse
民怯城惡，姦人所伏。寇賊大至，入我郛郭，妻子俘獲。
The people are timid, the walls decayed; a hiding place for villains. Bandits arrive in force, entering our outer walls; wives and children are taken captive.
— 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 52 (Keeping Still). 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.