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).

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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Related Pages

View Hexagram 11View Hexagram 8Reverse: 8 → 11

About This Page

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.