Hexagram:Peace Hexagram:Dispersion

I-Ching Transformation

11
Peace
Tai
Earth / Heaven
59
Dispersion
Huan
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 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 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 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 Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven Watercreative to abysmal

Yilin Verse

褰衣涉行,水深漬多;賴幸舟子,濟脫無他。

Lifting robes to wade across; the water is deep and soaking. Fortunate to have the boatman; we cross safely without mishap.

— 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 59 (Dispersion). 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.