Hexagram:Fellowship →Hexagram:Approach
I-Ching Transformation
13
Fellowship
Tong Ren
Heaven / Fire
→
19
Approach
Lin
Earth / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 2: 同人于宗吝
同tóngfellowship with
人rénothers
于yúonly in
宗zōngclan
吝lìnembarrassment
Line 3: 伏戎于莽升其高陵三歲不興
伏fúcache
戎róngweapons
于yúin
莽mǎngunderbrush
升shēngclimbing up
其qíone's
高gāohighest
陵línghills
三sānthree
歲suìyears
不bùof
興xīngexuberance
Line 4: 乘其墉弗克攻吉
乘chéngmounting
其qíone's
墉yōngbattlement
弗fúbut not
克kècapable of
攻gōngto attack
吉jípromising
Line 5: 同人先號咷而後笑大師克相遇
同tóngfellowship with
人rénothers
先xiānbegins
號háowailing
咷táoweeping
而érand then
後hòufollows with
笑xiàolaughter
大dàgreat
師shīarmies
克kècan manage
相xiāngeach other
遇yùto entertain
Line 6: 同人于郊無悔
同tóngfellowship with
人rénothers
于yúin
郊jiāoouter districts
無wúno
悔huǐto regret
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire →Lakeclinging to joyous
Yilin Verse
出門逢患，與福為怨；更相擊刺，傷我手端。
Stepping out the gate, one meets disaster; fortune becomes a grudge. Exchanging blows and stabs; my hand is wounded.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 13 (Fellowship) 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.