Hexagram:Standstill →Hexagram:Keeping Still
I Ching Transformation
12
Standstill
Pi
Heaven / Earth
→
52
Keeping Still
Gen
Mountain / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 3, 4, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Lower TrigramEarth →Mountainreceptive to stillness
Yilin Verse
興役不休，與民爭時；牛生五趾，行危為憂。
Raising levies without cease, contesting the seasons with the people. The ox is born with five toes; the path is perilous, cause for worry.
— 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 52 (Keeping Still). 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.