Hexagram:Treading →Hexagram:The Well
I-Ching Transformation
10
Treading
Lu
Heaven / Lake
→
48
The Well
Jing
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 素履往無咎
素sùsimple
履lǚtreading
往wǎngforward
無wúnothing
咎jiùwrong
Line 3: 眇能視跛能履履虎尾咥人凶武人為于大君
眇miǎoone-eyed
能néngcan
視shìto see
跛bǒlame
能néngcan
履lǚto walk
履lǚtreading
虎hǔtiger
尾wěitail
咥diéthe bitten
人rénone's
凶xiōngmisfortune
武wǔmilitary
人rénone
為wéiacts
于yúin the place of
大dàgreat
君jūnsuperior
Line 4: 履虎尾愬愬終吉
履lǚtreading
虎hǔtiger
尾wěitail
愬sùpleading
愬sùpleading
終zhōngwill end
吉jípromise
Line 6: 視履考祥其旋元吉
視shìstudy
履lǚfootsteps
考kǎoexamine
祥xiángomens
其qíif
旋xuáncome full circle
元yuánsupreme
吉jígood fortune
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Lower TrigramLake →Windjoyous to gentle
Yilin Verse
逐兔索烏，破我弓車；日暮不及，失利後時。
Chasing the hare, seeking the crow; smashing my bow and carriage. At dusk, too late to reach the goal; profit lost, the moment passed.
— 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 48 (The Well). 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.