Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Small Preponderance
I-Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
62
Small Preponderance
Xiao Guo
Thunder / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 5, 6).
Line 1: 潛龍勿用
潛qiánconcealed
龍lóngdragon
勿wùnot at all
用yònguseful
Line 2: 見龍在田利見大人
見jiànsee
龍lóngdragon
在zàiin
田tiánfield
利lìworthwhile
見jiànto see
大dàmature
人rénhuman being
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 →Mountaincreative to stillness
Yilin Verse
從風放火，荻芝俱死。三害集房，叔子中傷。
Setting fire with the wind; rushes and angelica all die. Three harms gather in the house; the young uncle is wounded.
— 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 62 (Small Preponderance). 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.