Hexagram:Peace →Hexagram:Innocence
I-Ching Transformation
11
Peace
Tai
Earth / Heaven
→
25
Innocence
Wu Wang
Heaven / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 包荒用馮河不遐遺朋亡得尚于中行
包bāoembrace
荒huāngthe wilderness
用yòngpractical
馮píngto cross
河hériver
不bùavoid
遐xiáaloofness
遺yíneglect
朋péngcompanions
亡wángimpermanent
得délearn
尚shàngthe value
于yúin
中zhōngbalanced
行xíngaction
Line 3: 無平不陂無往不復艱貞無咎勿恤其孚于食有福
無wúthere is not
平pínglevel
不bùwithout
陂píslope
無wúthere is no
往wǎnggoing
不bùwithout
復fùreturn
艱jiāndifficult
貞zhēnto persist
無wúwithout
咎jiùmistake
勿wùdo not
恤xùworry
其qíthese
孚fúcertainties
于yúin
食shínourishment
有yǒufind
福fúhappiness
Line 4: 翩翩不富以其鄰不戒以孚
翩piānfluttering
翩piānfluttering
不bùno
富fùenrichment
以yǐmaking use of
其qíone's
鄰línneighbors
不bùavoid
戒jièlimit
以yǐthe ways
孚fútrust
Line 5: 帝乙歸妹以祉元吉
帝dìLord
乙yǐYi (next to the last Shang Emperor)
歸guīgiving
妹mèihis little sister
以yǐmeant
祉zhǐhappiness
元yuánfirst-rate
吉jígood fortune
Line 6: 城復于隍勿用師自邑告命貞吝
城chéngthe city walls
復fùfalls back
于yúinto
隍huángthe moat (a dry ditch at the base of a wall)
勿wùdo not
用yòngengage
師shīthe military
自zìin
邑yìhome town
告gàoannounce
命mìngthe decree
貞zhēnto persist
吝lìnembarrassing
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Thundercreative to arousing
Yilin Verse
桑之將落，隕其黃葉；失勢傾側，如無所立。
The mulberry is about to fall; its yellow leaves cascade. Losing one's footing, toppling sideways, as if there were nowhere to stand.
— 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 25 (Innocence). 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.