Hexagram:Treading →Hexagram:Keeping Still
I-Ching Transformation
10
Treading
Lu
Heaven / Lake
→
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Line 1: 素履往無咎
素sùsimple
履lǚtreading
往wǎngforward
無wúnothing
咎jiùwrong
Line 2: 履道坦坦幽人貞吉
履lǚtread
道dàoway
坦tǎnlevel
坦tǎnsmooth
幽yōuobscure
人rénone's
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
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 5: 夬履貞厲
夬guàidetermined
履lǚtread
貞zhēnpersistence
厲lìstressful
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Lower TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Yilin Verse
五軛四軏，優得饒有；陳力就列，騶虞喜悅。
Five yokes and four axle-bars; abundance and plenty overflow. Exerting one is strength, filling one is rank; the Zou Yu dances with delight.
— 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 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.