Hexagram:Standstill →Hexagram:Approach
I-Ching Transformation
12
Standstill
Pi
Heaven / Earth
→
19
Approach
Lin
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 拔茅茹以其彙貞吉亨
拔bápulling
茅máothatch
茹rúby the roots
以yǐthereby
其qíuprooting its
彙huìwhole cluster
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
亨hēngfulfilling
Line 2: 包承小人吉大人否亨
包bāoembrace
承chéngassignments
小xiǎolesser
人rénone's
吉jípromise
大dàmature
人rénhuman being's
否pǐnegated
亨hēngfulfillment
Line 4: 有命無咎疇離祉
有yǒuhaving
命mìnghigher purpose
無wúno
咎jiùwrong
疇chóuthis category
離lídistinct
祉zhǐhappiness
Line 5: 休否大人吉其亡其亡繫于苞桑
休xiūretiring from
否pǐthe separation
大dàmature
人rénhuman being
吉jípromise
其qíthis
亡wángpasses
其qíthat
亡wángpasses
繫xìsecured
于yúwith
苞bāothe seedlings
桑sāngof mulberry
Line 6: 傾否先否後喜
傾qīngoverturn
否pǐthe separation
先xiānbefore
否pǐseparation
後hòuafter
喜xǐrejoicing
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth →Lakereceptive to joyous
Yilin Verse
猿墮高木，不踒手足；保我金玉，還歸其室。
The gibbon falls from a high tree yet does not injure hand or foot. Guarding my gold and jade, it returns to its chamber.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 12 (Standstill) to hexagram 19 (Approach). 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.