Hexagram:Treading Hexagram:Enthusiasm

I-Ching Transformation

10
Treading
Lu
Heaven / Lake
16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 5, 6).

Line 1: 素履往無咎

simple
treading
wǎngforward
nothing
jiùwrong

Line 2: 履道坦坦幽人貞吉

tread
dàoway
tǎnlevel
tǎnsmooth
yōuobscure
rénone's
zhēnpersistence
promising

Line 5: 夬履貞厲

guàidetermined
tread
zhēnpersistence
stressful

Line 6: 視履考祥其旋元吉

shìstudy
footsteps
kǎoexamine
xiángomens
if
xuáncome full circle
yuánsupreme
good fortune

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Thundercreative to arousing
Lower TrigramLake Earthjoyous to receptive

Yilin Verse

封豕溝瀆,水潦空谷;客止舍宿,泥塗至腹。處無黍稷。

The great boar roots in the ditch; floodwater fills the hollow valley. The traveler halts to lodge for the night; mud rises to his belly. There is no millet or grain.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 10 (Treading) to hexagram 16 (Enthusiasm). 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.