Hexagram:Peace Hexagram:Standstill

I-Ching Transformation

11
Peace
Tai
Earth / Heaven
12
Standstill
Pi
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Line 1: 拔茅茹以其彙征吉

pulling
máothatch
by the roots
thereby
uprooting its
huìwhole cluster
zhēngto expedite
promising

Line 2: 包荒用馮河不遐遺朋亡得尚于中行

bāoembrace
huāngthe wilderness
yòngpractical
píngto cross
river
avoid
xiáaloofness
neglect
péngcompanions
wángimpermanent
learn
shàngthe value
in
zhōngbalanced
xíngaction

Line 3: 無平不陂無往不復艱貞無咎勿恤其孚于食有福

there is not
pínglevel
without
slope
there is no
wǎnggoing
without
return
jiāndifficult
zhēnto persist
without
jiùmistake
do not
worry
these
certainties
in
shínourishment
yǒufind
happiness

Line 4: 翩翩不富以其鄰不戒以孚

piānfluttering
piānfluttering
no
enrichment
making use of
one's
línneighbors
avoid
jièlimit
the ways
trust

Line 5: 帝乙歸妹以祉元吉

Lord
Yi (next to the last Shang Emperor)
guīgiving
mèihis little sister
meant
zhǐhappiness
yuánfirst-rate
good fortune

Line 6: 城復于隍勿用師自邑告命貞吝

chéngthe city walls
falls back
into
huángthe moat (a dry ditch at the base of a wall)
do not
yòngengage
shīthe military
in
home town
gàoannounce
mìngthe decree
zhēnto persist
lìnembarrassing

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

陟岵望母,役事未已;王政無盬,不得相保。

Climbing the hill, gazing toward mother; service and labor never cease. The king's affairs know no end; we cannot keep each other safe.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 11 (Peace) to hexagram 12 (Standstill). 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.