Hexagram:Peace →Hexagram:Holding Together
I-Ching Transformation
11
Peace
Tai
Earth / Heaven
→
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5).
Line 1: 拔茅茹以其彙征吉
拔bápulling
茅máothatch
茹rúby the roots
以yǐthereby
其qíuprooting its
彙huìwhole cluster
征zhēngto expedite
吉jípromising
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 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
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Waterreceptive to abysmal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
望驥不來，駒蹇為憂；雨驚我心，風撼我肌。
Hoping for the steed, it does not come; the colt is lame, cause for worry. Rain startles my heart; wind shakes my flesh.
— 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 8 (Holding Together). 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.