Hexagram:Fellowship →Hexagram:The Abysmal
I-Ching Transformation
13
Fellowship
Tong Ren
Heaven / Fire
→
29
The Abysmal
Kan
Water / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 同人于門無咎
同tóngfellowship with
人rénothers
于yúat
門méngate
無wúno
咎jiùblame
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 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 →Watercreative to abysmal
Lower TrigramFire →Wateryin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
孔德如玉，出於幽谷；飛上喬木，鼓其羽翼，大光照國。
Virtue like fine jade, rising from the shadowed valley. Flying up to the tall tree; spreading its wings in great radiance that illumines the realm.
— 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 29 (The Abysmal). 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.