Hexagram:The Creative Hexagram:The Joyous

I Ching Transformation

1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
58
The Joyous
Dui
Lake / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Lakecreative to joyous
Lower TrigramHeaven Lakecreative to joyous

Yilin Verse

鷁飛中退,舉事不進,眾人亂潰。

The yi-birds fly and retreat mid-course; undertakings do not advance. The multitude scatters in disarray.

— 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 58 (The Joyous). 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.